Fuite
( Flucht )
Peter Nestler
2000 - Suède/Allemagne - Couleur - 87'
Photography : Rainer Komers
Sound : Peter Nestler
Editing : Dieter Reifarth
Production : Strandfilm, 3sat ZDF, 3sat WDR
Peter Nestler
2000 - Suède/Allemagne - Couleur - 87'
Jewish painter Leopold Mayer fled his native Frankfurt at the rise of the Nazi regime. Although briefly finding refuge in France, where he changed his name to Leo Maillet, his stay was cut short by Germany’s invasion of Paris. Flucht traces Maillet’s escape from the Gestapo and the French police, using Maillet’s “Entre chien et loup” series of paintings as the framework for the film. Accompanied by the painter’s son Daniel, Peter Nestler revisits the late artist’s hiding places and depicts a hauntingly beautiful portrait of an outstanding artist on the run.
Online on Tënk: 23.08 > 25.10
Photography : Rainer Komers
Sound : Peter Nestler
Editing : Dieter Reifarth
Production : Strandfilm, 3sat ZDF, 3sat WDR