Dearest readers and users of this catalogue, - German Documentaries

DOWN TO THE BONE – THE RETURN OF THE MARTYRS
by Thomas Tielsch RELIGION
Nobody had expected his return. Still, in the face of the world publicity, he steps out from the dark of
his past on September 11th in 2001. Since then, he has been back: the martyr. His history reaches far
back into the ancient world, but only in Christ, he gets a face. By now the martyr has become a figure
of many faces and shows up wherever conflicts are smouldering. Human sacrifices, massacres, mass
suicides, tortures; Nuns whose asceticism is flooded by erotic fantasies. The film shows history and
background of the worshipping of martyrs in Judaism, Christianity and Islam and describes the forming
of a new religion in the 20th century: Nationalism, which has been breeding new martyrs to this
day. A dip into history that makes contemporary conflicts appear in a new light.
German title: BIS AUF’S BLUT – Die Rückkehr der Märtyrer
52min or 59min | HD | German or English version
DYING ON EXHIBITION
by Marion Schmidt ARTS | CONTEMPORARY | SOCIETY | CONTROVERSY
What dares art? This question is to be asked newly, the debate
is relumed: German artist Gregor Schneider intents to show
„the beauty of death“ in his upcoming work. But not in a painting,
an image or in object art, but „live“. He wants to exhibit
a dying man in a spezial purpose-made art-room. With this, he
strikes a great taboo, because people normaly deal with death
only in larger distances. The sheer announcement of this work
provokes a lot of critics.
But there are also many other artists around the world, dealing with the subject of dying and death in
their art work. Amongst others, you will meet Sue Fox in Manchester and Christian Boltansky in Paris.
The film sets forth to the backgrounds of these artists, revealing their motivations and desire to concatenate
death and art.
German title: STERBEN IM MUSEUM
52min | DigiBeta | 16:9 | German, French
EDELWEISS ENIGMA
by Ruth Berry HISTORY | CULTURE | NATURE
The Edelweiss documentary is an investigation to find the fact
behind the fiction. Edelweiss has been used as a symbol for a
beer, a rock group and countless hotels and guest houses. At
the same time it was being touted as the Fuhrer’s favourite
flower, it was being used as the symbol for anti Hitler Youth
groups. It appears on coins and as insignias for mountaineering
clubs. Young men fell to their deaths to pluck a sprig of it
to prove their love. While the Edelweiss of the European alps
was edging toward extinction, fields of them were flourishing throughout Asia. On the Steppes of
Mongolia we discover another culture touched by the little white flower. To the nomadic Mongolians
it is also the everlasting flower and it is still used to heal, in case of high blood pressure, inflammation
and for moxibustion. Laboratory tests have shown Edelweiss improves memory.
Can the everlasting flower deliver what its name promises?
German title: WAS SIE IMMER SCHON UEBER EDELWEISS WISSEN WOLLTEN
52min or 43min or 65min | HDCam | 1080p | German, English, French version
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german documentaries 2009
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