Dearest readers and users of this catalogue, - German Documentaries

FRANK CASTORF
out of the series MY LIFE / MA VIE
by Adama Ulrich PORTRAIT | MUSIC | ARTS | THEATRE
From the Enfant Terrible of East-German theater to the leader of the Berlin Volksbuehne: Provocation,
playing with realities and chasing the boundaries of art is the focus of Frank Castorf’s work.
The portrait documentary approaches to meet one of the most controversial and most successfull
renewers of German theater.
What is pushing him forward? What is his aim? How is he accomplishing the things he accomplishes?
German title: FRANK CASTORF – MEIN LEBEN / MA VIE
45min | DigiBeta | 16:9 | German or French version
FRITZ STERN
out of the series MY LIFE / MA VIE
by Jean Boué EXILE | ORAL-HISTORY | CULTURE | WAR&PEACE | PORTRAIT | NS-POLITICS
"For a long time I didn't speak a word of German. Everything important to me I said in English."
In 1938, at the age of twelve, Fritz Stern fled Nazi-Germany with his family. He came to New York not
speaking a word of English and started from scratch. Today Fritz Stern is one of the most renowned
American Experts on German history. In the film Fritz Stern looks back on his moving lifetime story and
successful academic career. The crew followed Fritz Stern to Wroclaw, the city he was born, where he
visits his former school and his Grandma's house. His is confronted with his own past, the Memories
of a Jewish childhood in Nazi-Germany.
German title: FRITZ STERN – MEIN LEBEN / MA VIE
45min | DigiBeta | 16:9 | original English / German version
FROM RAMSTEIN WITH LOVE
by Irene Langemann WAR&PEACE | CURRENT AFFAIRS
Since the end of World War II, American armed forces have been stationed in Ramstein in the German
state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The fascination for the "American way of life" has not only cast a spell
over many Germans there, but it has also left visible traces in the area. On the Ramstein Air Base, the
largest US air base found on foreign soil, one even has the impression of being in "Little America."
Although the drama of the Iraq War has led some Germans to become disenchanted with the superpower,
the people of the area cannot imagine a life without Americans. Particularly when it comes
to German-American marriages. Although there is an occasional clash of cultures in the individual
relationships, the German wives and husbands nonetheless usually share the patriotic attitude of their
American partners. And since the service members are regularly deployed to Iraq, the German spouses
are also closely involved with the events of the war. Their lives are full of worry and anxiety about their
loved ones, who could possibly return home from the conflict area injured or even dead.
The film presents highly personnel German-American family stories from "Little America," Germany,
against the backdrop of the Iraq War and the current situation of the conflict.
German title: LIEBESGRUESSE AUS RAMSTEIN
90min | HD | 16:9 | German, English version
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german documentaries 2009
Production:
telekult
Film- und Medienproduktion GmbH
Kremmener Str. 6
10435 Berlin, Germany
tel.: +49 (0)30-44673774
fax: +49 (0)30-44673777
keller@telekult.de
www.telekult.de
Production:
JABFILM
Jean Boué
Boelzker Str. 10
16928 Pritzwalk, Germany
tel.: +49 (0) 3395-309707
fax: +49 (0) 3395-309706
jab@jabfilm.de
www.jabfilm.de
www.jeanboue.com
Production:
Lichtfilm GmbH
Vogteistr. 16
50670 Cologne, Germany
tel.: +49 (0) 221-9726517
fax: +49 (0) 221-9726518
info@lichtfilm.de