Hanno Baethe

Yearning for Sodom

Kurt Raab, Hanno Baethe

Kurt Raab, Hans Hirschmüller

Made during the last months of actor Kurt Raab, who died of AIDS in 1988. Raab, who had worked in both theatre and film, most notably with Fassbinder, was in the process of making a series of video sketches for a new production when he learned that he had AIDS. Despite his deteriorating health, and with the caring support of his friend Hans Hirshmuller, he carried on working. This tape is his last testimony. Awarded with the Adolf Grimme Award and Cinéma du Réel Award

Stay Just a Moment

Hanno Baethe

Kirsten Heidl, Ernest Berk

Focuses on the dancer, choreographer, and composer Ernest Berk (1909-1993), who at the time the film was made was 81 years old. Using choreography and dance, but also forms of linguistic expression, the aging body and its sexuality is explored, especially the apparent discrepancy between a youthful spirit and bodily decay.

Das Wesen der Verwandlung

Hanno Baethe, Monika Funke-Stern

The frog and the princess. And the famous prince concealed in the frog, who eternally seeks the magic word that will release him. Shall he change or shall he remain as he is? What does the princess do? In the end, it is she who transforms ..