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Life Is Like a Cucumber is a film of genre Documentary directed by Rosa von Praunheim with Rosa von Praunheim
Life Is Like a Cucumber (1990)
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Add to a movie listAffengeil (German: Affengeil: eine Reise durch Lottis Leben) is a 1990 German documentary film directed by Rosa von Praunheim. The film recounts the eventful life of Lotti Huber, a dancer, actress and cabaret performer, who was the star of the director’s previous films: Anita: Dances of Vice and Our Corpses Are Still Alive.
The film consists of extended interviews with Huber using photographs, film clips and field trips to recreate her life. The ten year professional relationship between the film director and his subject is explored. Rosa von Praunheim appears arguing about the control of the direction of the film as Hubert insist to be portrayed "Just as I am"
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Lotti Huber, in her late seventies at the time of filming, is a short, chubby flamboyant old lady of remarkable vivacity. Appearing wearing large hoop earrings and dramatic makeup, she recounts vividly important events and successes of her life. At the beginning of the film, she demands from Praunheim to make a documentary about her.Actors
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