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Eckhart Schmidt, German Helmer Best Known for Cannibal Groupie Pic, ‘The Fan,’ Dies at 85
Eckhart Schmidt, German director best-known for the cannibalistic groupie horror thriller, “The Fan,” passed away on Oct. 25 at the age of 85.
One of European cinema’s most distinctive, fearless and tireless narrative and documentary filmmakers, Eckhart Schmidt, passed away of natural causes at his home in Munich on Oct. 25, only a few days before his 86 th birthday. This critic reviewed the film admiringly for Variety, calling it “a cool-toned adult fairy tale about a young man’s obsessive quest to discover his exceedingly strange childhood roots.” The “legacy” that Moszkowicz refers to — and continued to expand right up to 2024 — when Schmidt faced health issues that finally ceased the creation of his incredibly prolific array of digital shorts and features, poems stories and original photography.
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