1994 Sarejwo under siege. A Tunnel is build under the runway. For 4 years this Tunnel becomes the only way in and out of the city.
90' for ARTE/WDR
more information...Another four-parts of our series about historic inventions that changed the world.
4 x 45' / 4 x 52' for ZDF/ARTE/DISCOVERY...
more information...In the North of Albania 500 families are living according the law of honour. Only a german none is trying to stop the killing.
90' for BR/WDR
mehr Informationen...Film about the interdependence of sports and science
52' for ZDF/ARTE
mehr Informationen...Another four-parts of our series about historic inventions that changed the world.
4 x 45' / 4 x 52' for ZDF/ARTE/DISCOVERY...
more information...4 part series on the history of german immigration into the US
4x 45'/4x52' for ARTE/WDR/Goethe Institute
broadcasted by PBS
more information...story of 10 year old eskimo boy Minik who was brought 1897 to New York by acclaimed artic explorer Robert Peary
90' for NDR/ORF/ARTE broadcasted by WGBH
more information...2003
MISSION X - II
Another four-parts of our series about historic inventions that changed the world.
4 x 45' / 4 x 52' for ZDF/ARTE/DISCOVERY...
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ROBERT REDFORD - AN INDEPENDENT SPIRIT
Portrait of Robert Redford with a special focus on his work beyond acting.
72' for ZDF/ARTE...
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THE HUNTERS
Observes the activities of investigators working for the Munich police.
45' for SWR...
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2002
SEX OR VICTORY
For the popular German knowledge show "Abenteuer Wissen", Sex or Victory looks at the truth behind lust prior to sports events.
1 x 45' for ZDF...
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Four part series on great historical inventions which changed the world.
4x45' / 4x52' for ZDF
more information...2001
Obeservations in a childrens's asylum. In some sequences the kids portrait themselfs with little camcorders.
for WDR, Digi-Beta,/ 45'
more information...In the footsteps of Laslo Almashy, the real character behind the "english patient".
more information...Docu on the incredible history of the "Florentine Diamond", which belonged to all famous European Emperors and disappeared with the end of the Habsburg-Dynasty.
For ZDF Series "Treasure Hunters", Digi-Beta/ 45'
more information...1999-2000
Feature length docu f portraiing international star athlets like Maurice Green, Felix Savon, Gete Wami, during their preparation for the Olympic Games 2000 .
For NDR, S16 / 104'
more information...1997-2000
Feature length docu on the famous gunsmith an 'his AK 47. Shot in Udmurtien at the Home of Michail T. Kalschnikov, Afghanistan and the USA.
International co-production for WDR,ARTE,ORF, 35mm/ 90'
more information...1999
Two part docu-series about sea raiders in WWI and WWII.
For WDR/RB, Digi-Beta, 2x 45'
more information Kaiser's Pirates... more information Dictator's Pirates...1998-1999
6 part docu-series for ZDF, Video/45´.
more information...1996-1998
Four part docu-series on the history of early arctic discovery. Shot around the globe in the arctic in Canada, Greenland, Tschukotka, Alaska, 16mm, 4x52'
Bavarian TV-Award 1999
more information...1998
Docu for ARD on the financial background of catholic and protestant church inn germany, Video, 45´.
more information...1997
Docu for ARD on the most advanced brain surgery , Video, 45´.
more information...1996
Portrait of the last commercial fisherman on the Donau river.
for ZDF, 16mm, 45´.
more information...1996-1997
Three part docuseries following the footsteps of early filmpoet and documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty to Samoa, Aran Islands and Rural USA
coproduktion mit WDR/ARTE, 16mm / 3x 58´.
more information...1993-1996
Docu-series on current affairs
for WDR, Video/ 16 x 30´,
1995
BERLIN’S VIETNAMESE GHETTO
Docu on the life of the Vietnamese in housing projects after the Wall came down.
for RB Video/45
1995
Sequel on the german inventor Roland Plocher
for ZDF, 16mm/45´, .
more information...1995
Docu about the work of Children and Youth Emergency Rescue services in Hamburg
for RB, Video/45´,
1993
Docu about a Gang area in Frankfurt
for RB, Video/45´,.
more information...1992
Docu Film about Southern Germany inventor Roland Plocher, who, through unconventional means, appears ready to solve gray water problems.
for ZDF, 16mm/45´,
more information1992-1993
Police-series, Adaption of the american reality-format for german TV.
for RTL, 16 mm/ 26 x 15´
1993
Two films about the wide-ranging socio-economic problems in geographically distinct North and South Italy. For geographical education.
for FWU, Munich, 16mm/ 2x 15'
1991
Three films about agro-industrial centers in the United States. Tomato growing in California, Feedlots in Colorado, Soil erosion in the midwest for geographical education.
for FWU, Munich, 16mm/ 3x 15'
1989
Four films on industrial centers in the US like, Houston, Chicago, New York and Boston for geographical education.
for FWU Munich,16mm/4 x 15´,t.
1998-1991
Long-term observation of the oil spill catastrophe in Alaska. Focus on the ecologic consequences and the “behind-the-scene” politics. Won the “Special Prize” from the Government Environmental Ministry 1991
Coproduktion mit WDR, Cologne und La Sept, Paris. 16mm/ 97'
more information...1989
Docu about the exploitation and marketing of the Alps using Germany’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze, as an example.
Awarded the Silver Grimme Prize in 1989.
for RB, 16mm/ 45'
1988
Portrait of the photographer Günter Zint, who dedicated his professional life the capture of the changes of his hometownarea, Hamburg's redlight district, as well as the Anti-Nuclear-Movement.
For RB, 16mm/45´,
more information...1985-1988
Feature length docu about the industrial nations’ attempt to divide the last continent among themselves; faced with Greenpeace’s largest and costliest campaign since its founding. A Film dealing with the history and future of the white continent. a film between politics and poetry.
Coproduktion mit WDR-Fernsehspiel, Channel 4/London, Turner Broadcasting Systems, Atlanta. 16mm/ 97'
Premiere at the Berlin Festival, German Camera Award, Main Award, Figueira da Foz Festival, Portugal, Bavarian Film Award
more information...1987
Docu on the history of Hamburgs star-club, where the Beatles played their first gigs, and which was the cradle of german rock and roll. When the House in Hamburg "Große Freiheit 39" was torn down, a very special place of music history went with it.
For RB, 16mm/45´
more information...1986
Observations behind the scene of Germany’s largest magazine for men.
For RB, 16mm/45´,
more information...1985
Portrait of two actresses- Ruth Reinicke from the Gorki Theater in Berlin/East Germany, und Susanne Barth at the Cologne Theater
For WDR, 16mm/ 45'
more information...1984
Documentary film about producers and consumers of a new generation of horror films primarily targeted at viewers through the video market.
For the German Government Center for Political Study, 16mm/45´.
more information...Docu behind the scenes at the largest professional boxing stables in Germany.
for RB, 16mm/45´
more information...1984
Collage of scenes in the form of a fictive news cast about the drinking water situation in Germany
For Social Democrats Environmental Forum,16mm/27´.
1983
Feature Film consisting of 6 episodes on the them of "War and Peace"
Together with Heinrich Böll, Volker Schlöndorf, Alexander Kluge and Stefan Aust.
Premiere: Berlin Filmfest, 35mm/120´
Documentary film about the activities of the private, paramilitary security forces in Munich.
For Radio Bremen, 16mm/43´, German Camera Award
more information...1983
Documentary film about the 25th anniversary of the German Federal Armed Forces. 10,000 police protect the gathering of 150 recruits from protestors.
16mm/ 18', Main Award Oberhausen Short Film Festival
more information...Interviews with Neo-Nazis at a trial in Hamburg against one of their leaders.
For State Center for Political Study. 16mm/10´
1981-1982
Feature length documentary film about former Nazi judges and their continued, unrestricted employment after 1945. For the first time, a former judge gives a frighteningly frank interview in front of the camera.
16mm/ 60', Premier at Berlin Festival
German Academy Award; Film of the Month; First Prize Figueira da Foz Festival, Portugal, Honorable Mention at the Festivals of Leipzig, Florence, Oberhausen; participation at numerous other festivals.
more information...1981
A report on the last working days of the warden of Hamburg’s Fuhlsbüttel prison. In 1973, Heinz-Dietrich Stark took over the “Santa Fu” penitentiary after a dramatic revolt there. He created an example of a liberal prison system .
For WDR, 16mm/30´
more information...1980
The film studies the question why 2000 people in Germany spend their free time adapting to Indian ways of life, organize into clubs, and attempt to flee civilization together.
For WDR, 16mm/43´.
more information...1979
Short documentary film about the search for identity of certain railroad employees who in their free time live as Indians.
16mm/12´ for theatrical release
more information...1978
.Short documentary film on the life and working struggles in a small family circus.
16mm/12´ for theatrical release
German Academy Award
more information...1977
Short documentary film on "youth alcoholism"
16mm/ 22'