Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar CultureUSA
1976, 68min.
Dir./ Dir of Phot./Edit./Prod.: Gary Conklin, Sound : Julia Castellanos, John Daniels.
With : Christopher Isherwood, Louise Brooks, Lotte Eisner, Elisabeth Bergner, Francis Lederer, Carl Zuckmayer, Gregor Piatagorsky, Claudio Arrau, Rudolph Kolisch, Mischa Spoliansky, Herbert Bayer, Ise Gropius, Arthur Koestler.
The film recalls the artistic and political ferment in Berlin at the end of the Weimar Republic by those who helped create it. This is a priceless documentary record of the years before Adolf Hitler's ascension to power. | Conklin, Gary Gary Conklin (Chankalian, born 1932, Fresno)
In 1963-1965 studied film and history in the University of Southern California and then - history in Paris University. He is a well-known documentarist.
Filmography
Paul Bowles in Morocco (1970), Rufina Tamayo: The Sources of His Art (1972), Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture (1976), L.A. Suggested by the Art of Edward Ruscha (1980), Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No (1983), Notes from under the Volcano (1984), A Question of Class: English Literary Life from 1918 - 1945 (1992), Hollywood Social Life in the 1930's & 40's (1995), Veracruz; El Espiritu Jarocho (1998), Remembering Paradise: The Golden Age of Hollywood (1998).
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