Alles über Martin Suter – Ausser die Wahrheit.

Alles über Martin Suter – Ausser die Wahrheit. | Schweiz 2022 | Documentary, Porträt | André Schäfer | 12

Swiss writer Martin Suter writes crime novels with socially critical elements. The portrait of the writer shows him in private and professional situations and lets him dive into his own world of fiction.

Auch Leben ist eine Kunst – Der Fall Max Emden

Deutschland 2018 | Documentary | Eva Gerberding, André Schäfer

Max Emden is mostly known as the founder of KaDeWe and a passionate art collector today. The documentary shows the rise of his upper class Jewish family and their destruction under the Nazi regime.

Deutschboden

D 2013 | Documentary | Andre Schäfer | oA

Eva Hesse

Deutschland 2015 | Biography, Documentary | Marcie Begleiter

Eva Hesse was born in 1936 as daughter of a Jewish lawyer in Hamburg and grew up in the USA, where she later became one of the most famous female artists of her generation.

Herr von Bohlen

Deutschland 2015 | Biography, Semi-documentary Film, Drama | André Schäfer | oA

Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach, gay heir to the Krupp corporation, was forced to waive his inheritance in 1966. HERR VON BOHLEN shows postwar Germany as a society defined by homophobia and envy.

Wem gehört die Stadt?

Wem gehört die Stadt? | Deutschland 2014 | Documentary | Anna Ditges

Over a period of two years documentary director Anna Ditges followed the dispute between citizens, investors and the city council over the plans to develop the “Heliosgelände” in Cologne’s budding working class neighbourhood Ehrenfeld.

What a Difference a Day Made: Doris Day Superstar

D 2009 | Documentary | Andrew Davies, André Schäfer

You'll Never Walk Alone

Deutschland 2017 | Documentary, Music Films | André Schäfer | oA

André Schäfer follows the genesis of the fan anthem “You’ll Never Walk Alone” from its beginnings in the theatre through its many incarnations as a musical, a film adaptation, a chart-topping single, and its revival as a football song.