 |  | | | Lotte Eisner | 06 April 2005 | | |
A commemorative day's walk inspired by the influential film historian and critic
Werner Herzog, the renowned film-maker whose work included Nosferatu the Vampyre, was part of a generation of German film-makers who were influenced by the film historian and critic Lotte Eisner.
Lotte left Germany before the war to live in Paris. When, in 1974 Herzog learned that the elderly Eisner was critically ill, he decided that if he walked from Munich to see her in Paris, somehow she would live.
Thirty years on, the UK-based arts organisation ‘First Framework’, inspired by the journal Herzog wrote during this walk, organised a commemorative day’s walk.
The event was attended by a mixture of the public and film professionals, and also by Eisner’s great-niece, Julia.
Melissa Viney joined them on the walk, and also tracked down some old recordings of Eisner and Herzog themselves.
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