Films: 2003
Munich, Orient
Directly next to Munich central station you can meet with the orient. „Little Istanbul“, this is how the people in Munich commonly call the district „Ludwigsvorstadt“. Here, people speak Turkish, Greek, Italian, Serbian or Croation, but hardly ever Bavarian. The multi-cultural quarter with its fruit and vegetable shops, Turkish bars and secret backyards has become a home for many: the Turkish pizza-baker Selo who wants to obtain his driving licence; his driving instructor Sigi, who gives her lessons bilingual; the Albanian fugitive Lena and her sister Teranda. And for the dressmaker Karagöl, who opened the first Turkish tailoring business at… 2003, BR, 60 min
Science as Adventure
Sleep and its Siblings
What happens to us in trance and hypnosis, anaesthesia and coma? Scientists investigate the mysterious conditions between life and death. 2003, ZDF, 30 min
Science as Adventure
Secret Powers
Early one morning last summer, all the animals at Aachen Zoo erupted in a sudden state of uproar. Soon thereafter, and without warning, the earth shook harder than it has for ten years. People have been reporting unusual animal behaviour ahead of catastrophes for hundreds of years. Are the animals aware of something that even modern technology cannot help humans to see? Not only an increase in natural catastrophes, but in terrorism, leads us to wonder how we can see the invisible before it is directly upon us. Dogs play an essential role in the detection of explosives and weaponry,… 2003, ZDF, 30 min
Young, successful – unemployed
Dominique Klughammer (Writer/Director) won the 2004 BAVARIAN TELEVISION PRIZE for her film which ran as part of the ZDF strand, "37°". Jury's Statement: The depressing subject of wide-spread unemployment has Germany and the nation's journalists in its grip. The fact that today's joblessness affects young, highly qualified and thus far, successful people is a phenomenon which has received little attention. In her documentary, writer and director Dominique Klughammer follows the paths of three people, representative of others of their generation, as they analyse their premature mid-life crises. 2003, ZDF, 30 min