Joachim von Vietinghoff

Films with Passion: The Work of the Eminent Producer

"Pictures, stories, films - they have accompanied him from the beginning. Joachim von Vietinghoff started out as a photographer in Munich in the 1960s and worked as a photojournalist for Keystone. The photographer became the producer and created more than 70 film productions, some of which were shown in competition at Cannes and at the Berlinale, won a Golden Bear and several German Film Awards." (website ofvietinghoff-film.de) "Film is passion without end," says Joachim von Vietinghoff. Many films he has produced are set in Berlin: the city as a realistic backdrop, as a fantastic backdrop for true and untrue stories. Cinema, in other words. Films with passion. Von Vietinghoff's productions, directed by directors with a wide variety of artistic styles, exemplify two seemingly irreconcilable interests of German film: auteur cinema and film stories aimed at a large audience. (Source: https://www.arsenal-berlin.de/arsenalarchiv/text2000/0105vietinghoff.html)

"Film is passion without end," says Joachim von Vietinghoff. Many films he has produced are set in Berlin: the city as a realistic backdrop, as a fantastic backdrop for true and untrue stories. Cinema, in other words. Films with passion. Von Vietinghoff's productions, directed by directors with a wide variety of artistic styles, exemplify two seemingly irreconcilable interests of German film: auteur cinema and film stories aimed at a large audience. (Source: https://www.arsenal-berlin.de/arsenalarchiv/text2000/0105vietinghoff.html)

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