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Chamisso’s Shadow

Film

Chamisso’s Shadow

6.3

12h 0m

2016

Synopsis

A three-chapter 720-minute cinematic exploration inspired by historical explorers like Adelbert von Chamisso. The film intertwines past and present travel experiences, using readings and visual materials to explore themes of cultural knowledge loss and change, drawing parallels to Chamisso’s “Wondrous Story” of Schlemihl and his shadow.

Director

Ulrike Ottinger

Documentary

Cast & Crew

Hanns Zischler

Hanns Zischler

as Adelbert von Chamisso (voice)

Burghart Klaußner

Burghart Klaußner

as Georg Wilhelm Steller (voice)

Thomas Thieme

Thomas Thieme

as Captain James Cook (voice)

Ulrike Ottinger

Ulrike Ottinger

as Herself (voice)

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