Films

Kafka, Rilke, Expressionism

German literature of the early modern age

2000, InterNations, 30 min

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La vida es así – That's life

We've all been in a taxi at some point or another, but how often do we give the driver the time of day. If we were to listen to taxi drivers we would hear some incredible, hilarious and touching stories. In "That's Life", filmmaker German Kral sets off to find such stories, as told by taxi drivers in Buenos Aires, Berlin and Tokyo. They don't only drive us through their cities, but through their lives. A taxi driver from Buenos Aires explains how he is in love with his neighbour and how they were lovers until his wife found out… 2002, BR, 75 min

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Lake Tegernsee´s secret treasure

Spring 1945: The allies increase their air strikes on German towns and advance further into Europe. The war is as good as lost. In Munich, a young Swiss architect, who works for the Bavarian Administration for Palaces, Gardens and Lakes, decides to save priceless works of art before they are plundered or destroyed in bomb attacks. It is a dangerous undertaking, as removing works of art from museums is seen as defeatism, and every action which demonstrates a lack of belief in an ultimate German victory, is considered as high treason. Tino Walz, who was 33 years-old at the time,… 2001, BR, 45 min

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Leipzig – Munich and return?

2004, MDR, 30 min

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Life before Life

The moment of our birth is the end of our first life: a life in warm water, safely inside the mother’s body, symbiotic and mysterious; a life which is part of us all but of which we don’t have the slightest memories. It is a life that only lasts nine months - yet this is time enough for a small wonder to occur: out of a single-celled egg arises a complete human being. In Secret Life, we will juxtapose complex computer animations simulating the development of the embryo within the womb with the emotional process of a mother-to-be to open… 2008, ARD / NDR, 2 x 45 min

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