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It Could Have Been Worse - Mario Adorf

2019 · 99 min

A warm, unhurried conversation with a veteran actor, drifting through memories of stage and screen with gentle reflection.

Directed by
Dominik Wessely
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Mario Adorf, Senta Berger, Margarethe von Trotta
Overview
Portrays the film star Mario Adorf and his passion for acting, the stage, the cinema, singing and writing. Together with the director Dominik Wessely, the film comes closer to Mario Adorf as a person and highlights important stations of his private life and his international career. When Mario Adorf begins to talk about his life, over 60 years of theatre and film history come to life. A dialogue with him is not only a retrospective, but also an intensive exchange of ideas about film and theatre and his view of the world, love and ageing.

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Directed by
Dominik Wessely
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Mario Adorf, Senta Berger, Margarethe von Trotta
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • aging
  • memory
  • identity
  • work
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour4
Realism9
Romance2
Tension1
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Dominik Wessely
Written by
Herbert Schwering, Dominik Wessely
Starring
Mario Adorf, Senta Berger, Margarethe von Trotta
Runtime
99 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German, Italian

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