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Little Godard

The production of a film requires recording equipment and financial resources, if nothing else. Hellmuth Costard places these basic prerequisites at the centre of his film: using a Super 8 camera system he developed, he films himself as he tries to raise funding for his film project. This creates an unconventional experimental setup, which reveals how the economics, politics, technology, and aesthetics of filmmaking relate to each other – with the ‘great’ Godard being called up as a kind of chief witness.

Top Cast

  • Hellmuth Costard

    Hellmuth Costard

    Applicant

  • Hilka Nordhausen

    Hilka Nordhausen

    Gallery owner

  • Andy Hertel

    Andy Hertel

    Painter

  • Werner Grassmann

    Werner Grassmann

    Film producer

  • Herbert Jeschke

    Herbert Jeschke

    Friend

  • Hark Bohm

    Hark Bohm

    First Director

  • Wolfgang Treu

    Wolfgang Treu

  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder

    Rainer Werner Fassbinder

    Second Director

  • Michael Ballhaus

    Michael Ballhaus

Overview

The production of a film requires recording equipment and financial resources, if nothing else. Hellmuth Costard places these basic prerequisites at the centre of his film: using a Super 8 camera system he developed, he films himself as he tries to raise funding for his film project. This creates an unconventional experimental setup, which reveals how the economics, politics, technology, and aesthetics of filmmaking relate to each other – with the ‘great’ Godard being called up as a kind of chief witness.

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