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Anna Schmidt
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Anna Schmidt is an award-winning director, writer and producer whose documentaries have been screened successfully in cinemas, on television and at major international festivals worldwide. With a strong sense for relevant stories, her films combine music, history and society into emotionally powerful and visually striking works.
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Wege Durchs Labyrinth - Der Komponist Krzysztof Penderecki
2014
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Heinrich Schütz - Der Begründer der deutschen Barockmusik
2022
NRIn 1898, barely 18 years old, the German Hans Schomburgk, a native of Hamburg, set foot on the black continent for the first time. In 1912, he was admitted to the Royal Geographical Society in London and convinced a production company to finance his first film expedition to Africa. Two years later, the apprentice director achieved immense success with the documentary "Hiking and trails in Africa". Tested by the two world conflicts - the Allies confiscated his reels during the Great War, just like the Nazis, in 1940 - Hans Schomburgk managed to bounce back by setting out again to film the endangered wildlife of Kruger Park or the ancient traditions of the San, until to his farewell to Africa in 1956.
Das Auge Afrikas: Der Filmpionier Hans Schomburgk
2020
NRJutta Hipp defied the odds and made it to the heart of the male-dominated jazz scene in 1950s New York.
Being Hipp – First Lady of European Jazz
2026
9.0Since the invention of the automobile, women have distinguished themselves by their daring: the history of women in motor sport.
Women and Cars: The Story of an Underestimated Liaison
2022
8.0In 1989, thirteen GDR scientists and technicians set off from East Berlin to the Georg Forster research station in the Antarctic. During their expedition the Berlin Wall fell on November 9th. Cut off from the images that go around the world, the men can only experience the historical events passively. When they returned in the spring of 1991, their homeland was a foreign country. The documentary reconstructs the thoughts and feelings of the East German researchers on the basis of eyewitness accounts, diary excerpts, letters, film material, grandiose landscape shots from the location of the action and unique photos to make the consequences of the events tens of thousands of kilometers away on the small GDR expedition in the middle of the eternal ice tangible.
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers
2020
Behind the camera
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Wege Durchs Labyrinth - Der Komponist Krzysztof Penderecki
2014
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Wege Durchs Labyrinth - Der Komponist Krzysztof Penderecki
2014
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Heinrich Schütz - Der Begründer der deutschen Barockmusik
2022
NRIn 1898, barely 18 years old, the German Hans Schomburgk, a native of Hamburg, set foot on the black continent for the first time. In 1912, he was admitted to the Royal Geographical Society in London and convinced a production company to finance his first film expedition to Africa. Two years later, the apprentice director achieved immense success with the documentary "Hiking and trails in Africa". Tested by the two world conflicts - the Allies confiscated his reels during the Great War, just like the Nazis, in 1940 - Hans Schomburgk managed to bounce back by setting out again to film the endangered wildlife of Kruger Park or the ancient traditions of the San, until to his farewell to Africa in 1956.
Das Auge Afrikas: Der Filmpionier Hans Schomburgk
2020
NRJutta Hipp defied the odds and made it to the heart of the male-dominated jazz scene in 1950s New York.
Being Hipp – First Lady of European Jazz
2026
9.0Since the invention of the automobile, women have distinguished themselves by their daring: the history of women in motor sport.
Women and Cars: The Story of an Underestimated Liaison
2022
8.0In 1989, thirteen GDR scientists and technicians set off from East Berlin to the Georg Forster research station in the Antarctic. During their expedition the Berlin Wall fell on November 9th. Cut off from the images that go around the world, the men can only experience the historical events passively. When they returned in the spring of 1991, their homeland was a foreign country. The documentary reconstructs the thoughts and feelings of the East German researchers on the basis of eyewitness accounts, diary excerpts, letters, film material, grandiose landscape shots from the location of the action and unique photos to make the consequences of the events tens of thousands of kilometers away on the small GDR expedition in the middle of the eternal ice tangible.
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers
2020
8.0In 1989, thirteen GDR scientists and technicians set off from East Berlin to the Georg Forster research station in the Antarctic. During their expedition the Berlin Wall fell on November 9th. Cut off from the images that go around the world, the men can only experience the historical events passively. When they returned in the spring of 1991, their homeland was a foreign country. The documentary reconstructs the thoughts and feelings of the East German researchers on the basis of eyewitness accounts, diary excerpts, letters, film material, grandiose landscape shots from the location of the action and unique photos to make the consequences of the events tens of thousands of kilometers away on the small GDR expedition in the middle of the eternal ice tangible.
Reunification in the Ice: The Story of the Last GDR Antarctic Explorers
2020
NRIn the footsteps of Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672), a German composer rooted in his era, who sought to console his contemporaries from misery and death with comforting works heralding the Baroque period.
Heinrich Schütz : The founder of German Baroque music
2022
NRThere are more than 300 Bach choirs and Bach ensembles worldwide, most of which are made up of amateurs. For many, their lives are inextricably linked with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. What do people seek and find in his music? What connects them across continents? What fascination lies in the music of the famous German composer, which manages to transcend borders, cultures, religions and centuries? The film embarks on a journey through six continents to meet amateur musicians and singers who have made Bach their "centerpiece".
Living Bach
2023
NRThere are more than 300 Bach choirs and Bach ensembles worldwide, most of which are made up of amateurs. For many, their lives are inextricably linked with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. What do people seek and find in his music? What connects them across continents? What fascination lies in the music of the famous German composer, which manages to transcend borders, cultures, religions and centuries? The film embarks on a journey through six continents to meet amateur musicians and singers who have made Bach their "centerpiece".
Living Bach
2023
