Portrait of a man put to the test (S)
1964·Germany - West Germany (FRG)·13 min.
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'Portrait', the first of several portrait films, recounts the fictionalised life of a police officer who loyally served no less than five very different German political regimes in what amounts to a schematic overview of German history in the first sixty years of this century.
DirectorAlexander Kluge
ScreenwriterAlexander Kluge
CinematographyGuenter Hoermann
Original titlePorträt einer Bewährung (S)