King Kongs Faust
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Berlin Film Fest 1984. The best place for every cinema fan. Everyone wants to be in on the festival, but that may be really difficult, if one has no accreditation. Also Journalist Matthies gets to know the rules of being in or out when he wants to see a screening and is not welcome. Thus he watches an old German silent flick which he is barely interested in. The next day the newspapers are full of reports about a newly discovered German masterpiece from the silent era. It seems that Matthies had luck. He just saw *the* film everybody is talking about now. Also everybody is speculating about its director, who remains unknown. When Matthies talks to Ackrewa, an old befriended projectionist, about the film, the latter seems to recall the name of the director. Matthies decides to research the case. An odyssey into film-history begins and if it is successful Matthies will come up with a top story.
Cast
![Heinz Van Nouhuys](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Heinz Van Nouhuys
Chefredakteur
![Werner Grassmann](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3P4SZgMbeCtP9MMgnGdMcYwyH64.jpg)
Werner Grassmann
Fritz Ackrewa
![Wolfgang Längsfeld](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Wolfgang Längsfeld
Kollege
![Gisela Weilemann](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gisela Weilemann
Frau in der Bar
![Gad Klein](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Gad Klein
Kritiker
![Volker Stollberg](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Volker Stollberg
Kritiker
![Doris Dörrie](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oqNJjnH6KdvckXnLfOC4bxbjKBL.jpg)
Doris Dörrie
Kritikerin
![Philip Behrens](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Philip Behrens
Kritiker
![Michael Stejskal](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Michael Stejskal
Kritiker
![Ponkie](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ponkie
Kritikerin
![Peggy Parnass](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Peggy Parnass
Kritikerin
![Wim Wenders](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//AbqrYglSgaMfetQAeqdHaqiPSof.jpg)
Wim Wenders
Regisseur
![Peter Przygodda](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Peter Przygodda
Cutter
![Helmut Färber](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Helmut Färber
Filmhistoriker
![Johanna Eisenrieder](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Johanna Eisenrieder
Archivarin
![Burt Willis](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Burt Willis
Alter Man in L.A.
![Lila Waters](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Lila Waters
Frau im Bus
![Crofton Hardester](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//cVJBrEQ0JqupKF6j9lsbmlrgHwp.jpg)
Crofton Hardester
Typ im Coffeshop
![Helga Oswald](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Helga Oswald
Gast
![Rosa Elena Lujan](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Rosa Elena Lujan
Travens Witwe
![Ginger Myers](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Ginger Myers
Sängerin
![Herman Weigel](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Herman Weigel
Drehbuchautor
![Bernd Eichinger](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oBQqBzLhwGhcIV3iYnjfyl7jMR9.jpg)
Bernd Eichinger
Produzent
![Leonard Lansink](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//coNhXk0GKODmDDj9LI1XihC2M7Q.jpg)
Leonard Lansink
Klaus-Uwe Matthies
![Franz Seitz Junior](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Franz Seitz Junior
Produzent
![László Benedek](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//27aJBJlry4IEDJh7Si1oD24vvdA.jpg)