Films

Showplace of Art

Dresden and the German Expressionist Group "Brücke"

1994, ZDF, 45 min

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Springtime in November

The Defa Studios and Film in the Former DDR

1990, BR, 60 min

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Sun Shines on the Surface

The world beneath the city of Munich is a labyrinth of shafts, tiles and tunnels. Mareike steers her train from one end of the line to the other, picking people up and letting them out again. Most of them don't notice Mareike, nor do they notice her world. Almost 700 people of different character, nationality and outlooks on life earn their money working on the Munich underground. Everyone here has tales to tell of their hopes and fears. Fun-loving Mareike, the driver, is training to be an non-medical practitioner, Stefan the controller has found the job of his dreams, Werner… 2002, BR, 45 min

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The 53-Foot-Lady

Birgit Knott comes from an old Bavarian brewing family. For the past three years, she has been driving an eighteen-wheeler truck through Canada and the US. In his film, Christian Bauer, who drove ten thousand kilometres with her in the summer of 2004, learns how Birgit Knott came to be travelling as she does, and about some of the experiences she has had so far. 2004, NDR, 44 min

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The Conquest of the Alps

Over the mountain - Through the mountain - Up the mountain - The White Coal - The Pioneers

In the heart of Europe there lies a desert of snow, ice and rock. Vast, violent and with extreme climatic conditions, this desert is known as the Alps. It is no place for man. Indeed for the longest time in history, the Alps were a hostile region which offered but a handful of dangerous routes through them. The age of industrialisation led the human imagination to soar to new heights. Pioneers wanted to harness fire, steam, coal and iron to defy time and space. The forefathers of human flight risked their lives in hand-modelled aircraft so as to defeat the… 2009, BR, 5 x 45 min

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