Watch Everything About Martin Suter. Everything but the Truth. (2022) Online Free
This film is not a classic portrait but a documentary using fiction to bring Martin Suter’s novels to life while introducing us to the author behind the stories on a whole new level. ‘Fantasy is usually more true than reality itself’ says Suter.
Cast
Martin Suter, Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre, Stephan Eicher, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jonas Rüegg, Jonas Dumke
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