André Schäfer
1966 (60 лет)Herrenmenschen für den Kaiser
André Schäfer, Jonas Niewianda
While the First World War and its battles on the Western Front are still very much anchored in our memory of history, the simultaneous battle in the East appears now to have been largely forgotten. During the course of this military action, a peculiar, state-like entity was created, a German colony in Eastern Europe, a military utopia: the Land of Ober Ost. The occupied region was to become a productive state, completely under military command; a state that was to serve not least as a deployment zone for the impending war.
Ober Ost: The Forgotten Colony in the Heart of Europe
Die wunderbare Reise der Selma Lagerlöf
André Schäfer
Hanna Schygulla, Mats Malm
The extraordinary story of Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940), creator of Nils Holgersson, a memorable and legendary literary character, and the first female storyteller to win the Nobel Prize for Literature (1909); a woman as pioneering in her life as in her remarkable work.
The Wonderful Journey of Selma Lagerlöf
Herr von Bohlen
André Schäfer
Arnd Klawitter, Arne Gottschling
The story of the last offspring of a powerful German family, whose cannons killed countless people in two world wars: Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach, the last Krupp. Unwilling to fulfill the expectations of both his family and their company, this homosexual son of an industrialist waived his inheritance of around three and a half billion marks. Or, to see it differently, was pushed into relinquishing a world dynasty because he was unable to lead it.
Herr von Bohlen
The World According to Irving
André Schäfer
John Irving
John Irving's literary worlds are satirically exaggerated, socially critical, unexpectedly magical. But how do these dazzling, sometimes bizarre, narrative worlds emerge? A unique insight into his writing workshop and a search of the places and people who have become part of his stories.
The World According to Irving
Rock Hudson - Schöner fremder Mann
André Schäfer, Andrew Davies
Rock Hudson, Salome Jens
Rock Hudson was a virile screen idol who was the epitome of clean-cut masculinity. He was one of the first Hollywood celebrities to die of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, providing the killer virus with a famous face amidst the American AIDS paranoia of 1985. 2010 is not only the 25th anniversary of his death but would also have been his 85 birthday. The film investigates the many film roles Rock Hudson played, against the more intimate and private world of Roy Fitzgerald.
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
Jascha Hannover, André Schäfer
Mario Adorf, Paul Diamond
A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait of a filmmaker who never was a boring man, a superb mind who had ten commandments, of which the first nine were: “Thou shalt not bore.”
Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder
Agatha Christie: The Queen of Crime
André Schäfer
Agatha Christie
British author Agatha Christie (1890-1976) is the world's most translated author: her heroes, private detective Hercule Poirot and amateur sleuth Miss Marple, are known the world over. But who is the woman behind her bestsellers? A biographical search for clues, the unraveling of an iridescent personality whose existence and works were shaped by the tragic history of the 20th century: the eventful life of the Queen of Crime.
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Crime
Bugatti - Im Rausch der Geschwindigkeit
André Schäfer, Oliver Bätz
Philipp Demandt, Helmut Müller
The story of the Bugattis of Milan and Molsheim, the eccentric family behind the brand: Carlo, the patriarch and furniture designer; Rembrandt, the troubled sculptor; Ettore, the gifted engineer; Jean, the unfortunate heir. Art and design. Beauty and luxury. The fastest cars. Races. The need for speed.
Bugatti: A Thirst for Speed
Edward II of England: The Unhappy King
André Schäfer
Kathryn Warner, Seymour Phillips
His opponents accused him of being homosexual. The male favorites he gathered around him during his short life gave those malevolent enemies solid arguments to do so. He would not have failed if he had proved himself to be an energetic king. But Edward II of England (1284-1327) never was a king like Edward I Longshanks, his father, or Edward III, his son, were. And his end is shrouded in myth and mystery.
Edward II of England: The Unhappy King
