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Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

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Documentary about filmmakers of the New German Cinema who were members of the legendary Filmverlag für Autoren (Film Publishing House for Authors). Among them are Werner Herzog, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Wim Wenders.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2008-02-14

Runtime: 120 mins

Director: Dominik Wessely, Laurens Straub

Spoken language: Deutsch

Genres: Documentary

Original title: Counter Shot: Departure of the Filmmakers

Production Companies: Kinowelt, Filmverlag der Autoren

Production Countries: Germany

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