A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
February 18, 2012
Original Title:
Lawinen der Erinnerung
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ARTE
Megaherz Film und Fernsehen
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 89
The leitmotif for this film portrait is Oliver Storz’s autobiographical novel Die Freibadclique, which tells the story of a group of friends drafted into the army as fifteen-year-olds just before the end of the Second World War. Again and again, Dominik Graf reads passages from this account and, by juxtaposing them with clips from Storz’s films, reveals the echoes of the past they contain. Whether in his more experimental television plays or his Willy Brandt film "Im Schatten der Macht", Storz always provided new perspectives on the war and on Germany itself. Via a series of personal interviews Graf held with the journalist, director and producer shortly before the latter’s death in summer 2011, we are introduced to an analytical, unconventional man who witnessed the course of history. Graf takes up Storz’s reflections in his commentary, throwing light on an unexpected history of German television.
Cinematography:
Martin Farkas
Director:
Dominik Graf
Editor:
Rolf Wilhelm
Music:
Sven Rossenbach
Florian van Volxem
Producer:
Fidelis Mager
Anna-Julia Geyer
Franz Xaver Gernstl
Writer:
Dominik Graf
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