Als wir die Zukunft waren
Lars Barthel
Hannes Schönemann
Gabriele Denecke
Peter Kahane
Andreas Voigt
Thomas Knauf
Ralf Marschalleck
Peter Kahane
Thomas Knauf
Andreas Voigt
Hannes Schönemann
Gabriele Denecke
Ralf Marschalleck
Lars Barthel
Also Directed by Lars Barthel
Lars Barthel asks his Jamaican wife Antoinette why she often wears hair extensions. This personal curiosity leads Lars and his film to some complex and politically-charged questions. What is the relationship between hair and racism? And where do the hair extensions actually come from?
Also Directed by Hannes Schönemann
Short film.
Also Directed by Gabriele Denecke
A handful of quarrymen in the Reinhardtsdorf open cast mine near Bad Schandau dig out the coveted Elbe natural stone. Gabriele Denecke’s approach to the men, who are of different ages, is almost trance-like, the movement to and from the stones marks the transition to another world. We hear about the merciless working conditions of the past, about alcohol, people worn out before their time. Today, digging out the massive rocks in the midst of nature also constitutes a degree of freedom. Open cast miners share a special mindset. And: Once you’ve worn out your first pair of wooden shoes, you’ll stay – probably forever.
Film by Gabriele Denecke.
Also Directed by Peter Kahane
The real estate expert Jan Holzer travels to the Caribbean with a special assignment. Within a week, the businessman is to move the Cuban family Ortega to sell their beach property, on which Jans Bank wants to build a hotel together with a Swiss company. But as soon as Jan has landed in Cuba, he falls in love with the beautiful Dolores. The Cuban stewardess is the daughter of the family he's supposed to move to leave their property. Jan is in a bind. Thanks to Dolores, Jan recognizes the incomparable charm of the island and soon has an ambivalent feeling about his job.
Christmas is coming, and Linda knows exactly what she wants as a gift. For a start she needs a father. Then - a mother. And if you just be lost in daydreams - little brother or sister. Linda is 9 years old orphan. She understands that Santa Claus will not be able to fulfill her wish. And if she needs a father, she should find him by herself! ..
Shortly after the end of World War II, young carpenter Achim is sent to a remote farm to do some repair work. Three women from different generations administer the farm on their own: Daughter, mother, and grandmother. There are no men around since grandmother Hanna has lost her husband in World War I, and mother Gertrud’s husband died in World War II. Although daughter Heidi is old enough to marry, she is neither engaged nor married. Thus, hardworking, yet shy Achim is the only man around.
In this sun soaked adventure for the entire family, a group of five orphaned children form their own makeshift family while attempting to operate outside the rules of society. Though they must sometimes steal to survive, their loyalty to one another means that they will always have a brother or sister to count on.
The architect Daniel Brenner is in his late thirties when he receives his first challenging and lucrative commission: to design a cultural center for a satellite town in East-Berlin. He accepts the offer under the condition that he gets to choose who he works with. This way, he reunites with former colleagues and friends - most of them architects or students of architecture who have since chosen a different profession due to personal restraint or economic confinement. Together, they develop a concept which they hope will be more appealing to the public than the conventional and dull constructions common to the German Democratic Republic. However, their ambitious plans are once and again foiled by their conservative supervisors. As frustration grows, Daniel has trouble keeping his career in balance with his family-life: his wife Wanda wants to leave for West-Germany.
Also Directed by Andreas Voigt
Portrait of a group of skinheads, some politically left wing, others extremely right wing. One feels the cold atmosphere of the society. The film was controversial. It was praised by some for its inside into the skinhead scene, but attacked by others for giving these radicals a platform for their arguments. Even more confusing were the images in its brilliant black-and-white cinematography.
18 years after the last film, Andreas Voigt returns to the protagonists of his Leipzig films.
A film about five refugees living illegaly in five European countries.
Continuation of Andreas Voigt's Leipzig films.
Voigt, Kroske and Richter were among the first filmmakers who documented the events of the historic 9th of October 1989. Their “material” reflects them from different angles: protesters, workers, opposition members, policemen, street sweepers and functionaries. THE document of the “peaceful revolution”.
Short biographical documentary about the life of Alfred Florstedt and his life as a progressive communist from the Weimar Republic to his death in 1985.
Documentary on a nomad people from Siberia, the Komis.
Also Directed by Ralf Marschalleck
When Henry Ernst toured Romania n 1996, he came across a wedding band who called themselves Fanfare Ciocarlia. This is the story of that meeting, and how Ernst introduced the band to the world.
Documentary film.