Paul Auster: What If

Paul Auster: What If

54 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Feb. 12, 2019

A walk by American writer Paul Auster’s world, his past —his family, his youth, his work—, and his present, which is the publication of his novel 4321 in January 2017, an exploration of human identity and a glimpse to the soul of New York, a city that Auster has depicted as nobody has ever done.

Paul Auster: What If

54 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Feb. 12, 2019

Paul Auster: What If
A walk by American writer Paul Auster’s world, his past —his family, his youth, his work—, and his present, which is the publication of his novel 4321 in January 2017, an exploration of human identity and a glimpse to the soul of New York, a city that Auster has depicted as nobody has ever done.
Producers ARTE, nordmedia, ZDF, MEDEA FILM - Irene Höfer
Original title Paul Auster - Was wäre wenn
Directors Sabine Lidl
Writers Sabine Lidl

Cast

Aaron Altaras

as Young Paul Auster

Burghart Klaußner

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Andrea Sawatzki

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Paul Auster

as Self - Writer

Siri Hustvedt

as Self - Writer / Wife

Sam Messer

as Self - Artist / Friend

François Busnel

as Self - Book Critic

Wim Wenders

as Self - Director

Donata Wenders

as Self - Photographer

Donald Trump

as Self - Politician (archive footage)