DOUGLAS SIRK: HOPE AS IN DESPAIR

A documentary by Roman Hüber

ISAN: 0000-0005-6FA9-0000-V-0000-0000-I

76’ / Switzerland, Germany, France / 2022

O.V.: German, English, French
SUB: Italian, English

An investigative portrait of the master of cinematic melodrama, Douglas Sirk. His life was the ultimate melodrama, from which all his films were inspired. Through the testimonies of those closest to him and the unpublished accounts in his wife's diary, we get closer to this man surrounded by mystery. We discover his world and his story, marked by hope and disillusionment, by death and, of course, by love.

ROMAN HÜBER
Born in 1990 in Cologne, Germany. German citizenship. Grows up in Switzerland. 2014 BA in Film from ECAL (École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne). He has directed several short films, including I'VE GOT A POWER (2013) and VILLA VENTURA (2017). DOUGLAS SIRK – HOPE AS IN DESPAIR (2022) is his first feature documentary.

With
Todd Haynes, Jon Halliday, Bernard Eisenschitz, Denis Rossano, Hanna Schygulla

Screenplay and direction
Roman Hüber

Original score
Martin Perret

Director of photography
Mathieu Gaudet

Editor
Marylou Vergez

Sound
Camille Bonard, Timothée Zurbuchen

Mix
Riccardo Studer

Conformation/color grading
Antoine Baumann

Sound editing
Alessandra Modugno, Riccardo Studer

Creative producer
Dag Freyer

Production Manager
Mattia De Marco

1st assistant director
Nikita Merlini

Documentalist
Emanuelle Koenig

A production by
Picfilm

In co-production with
Berlin Producers Media, Acqua Alta, La Bête

Producer
Nicola Genni

Co-producers
Christophe Gougeon, Stefan Pannen, Fabrizio Polpettini