Chamisso’s Shadow

Name: Chamisso’s Shadow
Director: Ulrike Ottinger
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2016-02-12
Duration: 720 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Hanns Zischler, Burghart Klaußner, Thomas Thieme, Ulrike Ottinger

Original title: Chamissos Schatten

6.3(3)201612h 0mDE

Directed by Ulrike Ottinger

A three-chapter 720-minute cinematic exploration inspired by historical explorers like Adelbert von Chamisso. The film intertwines past and present travel experiences, using readings and visual materials to explore themes of cultural knowledge loss and change, drawing parallels to Chamisso’s “Wondrous Story” of Schlemihl and his shadow.