Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet at Work on a Film Based on Franz Kafka’s Amerika(1983)
This film is at once a self-portrait and an homage to Jean-Marie Straub, Farocki's role model and former teacher at the Film Academy.
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This film is at once a self-portrait and an homage to Jean-Marie Straub, Farocki's role model and former teacher at the Film Academy.
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1983-11-13
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