The Sun Goddess (1995)

Director
Rudolf Thome

Main cast
Johannes Herrschmann; Radhe Schiff

Genres


Description
An American film-critic flies to Berlin to investigate about the life of German film-maker Murnau. After meeting his former girlfriend and finding a statue near Murnau´s tomb, begins a strange mystic journey through time and space: a romantic unification of ancient and modern world, suspicions and memories, art and life. And the critic is about to learn something new of himself...


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