Three Shorts Supervised by Douglas Sirk

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While teaching at the Munich Film School, Douglas Sirk supervised three student productions: films based on plays by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Schnitzler. Each short featured professional actors, and technical crews made up of the leading talents in the New German Cinema. The films were directed by Sirk in collaboration with groups of film students.

Talk To Me Like The Rain (1975, 14 mins)
• Supervised by Douglas Sirk. Adapted from Tennessee Williams' “Talk To Me Like The Rain And Let Me Listen.” Photographed by Dietrich Lohmann. Edited by Peter Przygodda. With Renate Reger, Christian Quadflieg.

New Year's Eve (Silvesternacht) (1977, 18 mins)
• Supervised by Douglas Sirk. Adapted from the play by Arthur Schnitzer. Photographed by Jorg Schmidt-Reitwein. Edited by Uli Edel. With Hanna Schygulla, Christian Berkel.

Bourbon Street Blues (1978, 24 mins, color)
• Supervised by Douglas Sirk. Adapted from Tennessee Williams' “The Lady of Lockspur Lotion.” Photographed by Michael Ballhaus. With Annemarie Dueringer, Doris Schade, Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

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