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The filmmaker René Perraudin made five comedic short films with Otto Sander in the leading role and knits them into a feature film.
The Case of Mr. Spalt
1988 ‘z.B. ... Otto Spalt’ Directed by René Perraudin
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25 Mar 1988
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Zum Beispiel Otto Spalt is a little known film, even in Germany, despite a killer cast that inludes Otto Sander, Rolf Zacher, Irm Hermann, Katharina Thalbach, Udo Samel and the great, great Alfred Edel, but ever since I happened to catch it on TV many years ago, it has stuck with me for its great premise alone: Director René Perraudin turned a bunch of short films he made, all starring Otto Sander (best known internationally as the angel Cassiel in Wings of Desire) into a feature film by creating the narrative framework of film director Otto Spalt (played by Sander, as well) introducing these short films to a committee who decide whether they should fund his upcoming feature film. Five…