Films: Human interest
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Christine Neubauer
Christine Neubauer - My Family´s Secret
The actress Christine Neubauer is puzzled by an old family photo. As her parents don't know much about their own forebears, Christine Neubauer takes it upon herself to go in search of some clues to the secrets of her family. Why did her grandmother give her own child away? What is the origin of the actress's dark skin that people so often comment upon? Are her ancestors from southern Europe? Italy perhaps? Step by step she reconstructs the life stories of her unknown predecessors. On her path, she discovers destinies characterised by highs and lows and meets women who bravely… 2008, BR, 45 min
Dark Excursions
Sleep walkers and their twilight zone
Peter Sodann is a sleepwalker, who German television viewers are likely to know better as a TV Leipzig police commissar. One night, the actor woke up to find himself naked in the garage of a hotel. Since then, he has always worn a pair of training trousers when filming and sleeping away from home. Ridda Gesellensetter disastrously discovered that there is no truth to the myth that sleepwalking is safe. One night, the teacher, who often walks to the fridge in her sleep, fell out of the first floor window. Her face was badly injured and still bears the scars… 2003, ZDF, 30 min
Dinner time Germany!
Tales from Germany`s Kitchens and Tables from 1945 to today
One might ask what smelling, tasting and enjoying has to do with German history... the answer is that food is one of our most intensive experiences and everyone has a favourite recipe that takes them back in time. How much did our grandparents enjoy their first, fatty joint of roast pork after the war, how exciting did our mothers find their first hamburgers with real, exorbitantly priced, ketchup, and how hip did we think we were the first time we ate sweet and sour chicken? And how naturally today's teenagers order Sashimi etc. Recipes recall memories in an even more… 2009, WDR, NDR, BR, 3 x 45 Min., 3 x 30 min