Majestät brauchen Sonne (1999)

Directed by

Peter Schamoni

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany, Netherlands

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary looks at the last German emperor Wilhelm II and how he used film and photography to promote himself. It shows the emperor’s relationship with these new media.

informativearchivaleducationalreflectivelighthistoricalobservational

What happens

Majestät brauchen Sonne (lit. 'Majesty Needs Sun') is a 1999 German-Dutch documentary film directed by Peter Schamoni. It is about the last German emperor Wilhelm II and especially his relationship with cinema and photography, which he used extensively for self-promotion. The film is also known as Majestät brauchen Sonne – Wilhelm II.. The film premiered at the International Leipzig Film Week on 27 October 1999. It was released in regular German cinemas on 9 November 2000. The German TV premiere was on ZDF on 9 May 2002. Der Tagesspiegel called the film entertaining and educational. Schamoni and Rob Houwer received the Bavarian Film Award for Best Production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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