Little Godard (1978)

The production of a film requires recording equipment and financial resources, if nothing else. Hellmuth Costard places these basic prerequisites at the centre of his film: using a Super 8 camera system he developed, he films himself as he tries to raise funding for his film project. This creates an unconventional experimental setup, which reveals how the economics, politics, technology, and aesthetics of filmmaking relate to each other – with the ‘great’ Godard being called up as a kind of chief witness.

Cast (18)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Hellmuth Costard

Applicant

H

Hilka Nordhausen

Gallery owner

A

Andy Hertel

Painter

Werner Grassmann

Film producer

H

Herbert Jeschke

Friend

Hark Bohm

First Director

Wolfgang Treu

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Second Director

Michael Ballhaus

Harry Baer

H

Horst Knechtel

Andréa Ferréol

G

Gisela Stelly

P

Petra Nettelbeck

U

Uwe Nettelbeck

Critic

D

Dieter Meichsner

R

Rolf Hädrich

Jean-Luc Godard

Guest

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