Films: 2004
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Bossa Nova
New Wave from Brazil
In the 60ies a Brazilian music movement became world-famous %u2013 and still is today: the Bossa Nova - an intriguing mixture of Brazilian Samba and Cool Jazz from Rio de Janeiro. White musicians like António Carlos Jobim, Joăo Gilberto, Carlos Lyra und Roberto Menescal experimented with the Samba originating in the Favelas %u2013 the slums of Rio. This new beat expressed the spirit of a whole generation -of Brazilian youth. It is linked to a period full of euphoria and awakening. Celebrating the everlasting summer of Ipanema the young musicians created the soundtrack of their time and Ipanema became the… 2004, BR, 60 min
Champions of Olympia
They are between 20 and 35 years old, come from all over Europe and are all sporting professionals. Together, they want to go on a trip back in time, to ancient Greece, to re-enact the Olympic Games. For two weeks they will live and train like athletes from the 4th century B.C. to then compete against one another in the stadium at Olympia, in what is not only an exciting sporting event but an fascinating archaeological experiment. 2004, Arte, 10 x 26 min
Family Business at Risk
If it were up to carpenter Sedlmayer, his son would take over his business when he retires, but although the son has completed an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker, he prefers to work as an employee in a furniture store. Consequently Sedlmayer is forced to try and sell the business, which once offered a steady and secure income to a dozen employees. Only so far his efforts to find a buyer have fallen flat. Mr Werdath, a tiling expert from Rosenheim, is also looking to retire. He has no children of his own and the assistant he had hoped would… 2004, BR, 45 min
Hate on Hitler
The Ritchie Boys
They were young. The world’s most unlikely soldiers. As teenagers they had escaped the Nazis. They trained in intelligence work and psycho-logical warfare, and returned to Europe as US soldiers - with the greatest motivation to fight this war: They were Jewish. They called themselves “The Ritchie Boys”. Christian Bauer´s film “The Ritchie Boys” tells a story that’s never been told before. It begins in Camp Ritchie, Maryland, the birthplace of modern psychological warfare, and it ends with the defeat of Germany in May of 1945. After D-Day the Ritchie Boys became a decisive force in the war. Nobody knew… 2004, ARD, 45 min