Movie Description
Sophisticated Acquaintance
(2007)Overview
Mixing elements of narrative, experimental, pseudo-documentary and essayist cinema, Sophisticated Acquaintance tells the story of a tormented individual whose short life and long death were affected by a great many factors. Klaus Mann (John Gross), a present-day Philadelphia avatar of the real-life European author of Mephisto, lives in the shadow of his father, the eminent intellectual, novelist and Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann (Ernst Hohmann). When Klaus pens a controversial essay on "revolutionary suicide" and then acts on it, in protest of the world's selfishness, a group of his contemporaries speak up in filmed interviews about what led him down that path. It is a film about the creative process, the tragic depiction of a strained father-son relationship and, most of all, it is a film about individuality.
Featured Crew
- Director : Daniel Kremer
- Writer : Daniel Kremer
- Cast : John Gross,Rob Nilsson,Katya Quinn-Judge,Ernst Hohmann,Glenn Walsh,William Cully Allen,Brooke Somers,Kris Caltagirone
Cast
Klaus Mann
Narrator
Thomas Mann
Bruce Jummaquin
Malcontent
Girl on Bus
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Facts
Original TitleSophisticated Acquaintance
Status Released
Release Information
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2007-10-01
Original Language
Runtime 01h 15m
Genres
- Drama