Encounter with Fritz Lang

00:00:00 Fritz Lang was one of the great German film directors of the '20s.

00:00:38 we watched Fritz Lang shoot a scene for his film Ulysses.

00:01:23 in which Fritz Lang plays the part of an old German film director.

00:02:06 there was in Germany also something you might call a "new wave. "

00:02:26 As to which approach is more valid, that's open for debate.

00:02:43 First of all, sufficient time

00:03:11 a space in which people's lives follow their predestined paths.

00:03:32 Soundless emptiness, florid with cold, gloomy decoration

00:03:59 Every tree has its designated place, every ray of sun its function

00:04:18 to play its role in Siegfried's life

00:05:54 and he is a bit tired from waiting on the swaying boat

00:07:11 It was...

00:07:49 Someone is whistling.

00:08:06 Heinrich.

00:08:17 The day Elsie Beckmann was killed

00:08:44 for the part of the great old director in his film.

00:09:16 Yes. At least I hope so.

00:09:54 while the film consists of living images.

00:11:16 Yes, though perhaps not as extreme as the one in the film.

00:11:38 and kept clamoring for Brigitte Bardot.

00:12:26 and making money is the last thing the director has in mind

00:12:43 is extremely strenuous.

00:13:02 Perhaps it is the strain on the nerves, as Fritz Lang called it

00:13:37 and, having finished his acting part, returned to the US.