A Man Like Eva

Summary A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder, lives in a large house with his cast and crew as he films Dumas' Lady of the Camellias. His accountant informs him he has many unpaid bills and little cash on hand. EVA throws a fit and fires him. He then proceeds to play one person off against another, dismiss with cruelty his recent lover Ali, sleep openly with his leading lady Gudrun, and make a direct and public play for his leading man, Walter. He's mercurial, dictatorial, and manic. Will he finish the film, having drawn great performances from his actors through his manipulations, or will his antics set events in motion that spin out of his control? View more details

A Man Like Eva

Directed : Radu Gabrea

Written : Radu Gabrea Laurens Straub Horst Schier

Stars : Eva Mattes Lisa Kreuzer Werner Stocker Charles Regnier

5.8

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Genres : Drama Biography

Release date : Feb 16, 1984

Countries of origin : West Germany

Language : German

Filming locations : Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Production companies : Cinevista Maran Film Impuls-Film Hans-Joachim Flebbe Co.

Summary A bearded director named EVA, a fictive Rainer Werner Fassbinder, lives in a large house with his cast and crew as he films Dumas' Lady of the Camellias. His accountant informs him he has many unpaid bills and little cash on hand. EVA throws a fit and fires him. He then proceeds to play one person off against another, dismiss with cruelty his recent lover Ali, sleep openly with his leading lady Gudrun, and make a direct and public play for his leading man, Walter. He's mercurial, dictatorial, and manic. Will he finish the film, having drawn great performances from his actors through his manipulations, or will his antics set events in motion that spin out of his control? View more details

Details

Genres : Drama Biography

Release date : Feb 16, 1984

Countries of origin : West Germany

Language : German

Filming locations : Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Production companies : Cinevista Maran Film Impuls-Film Hans-Joachim Flebbe Co.

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