DER VERSUCH ZU LEBEN
THE ATTEMPT AT LIVING
For three weeks the director worked on his thesis film in the casualty unit of the am Urban hospital in Berlin Kreuzberg. One already suspects what happened next: an eternal vicious circle of alcohol abuse, drugs and senile decay. Yet the director, who studied medicine, takes a closer look, allowing the stories to unfold from under the skin. He even follows certain "regulars" home. And the staff, how do they perceive of this Sisyphean undertaking and what does it do to them? A film for reflection on the meaning of life; and death.
BetaSP | Farbe / colour
Johann Feindt
Karl Siebig
Richard Wester
Anke Hahn
Filmverleih
Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen
Potsdamer Str. 2
10785 Berlin
Germany
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Johann Feindt - born 1951 in Hamburg, Germany. Studied medicine at the Free University in Berlin from 1970 to 1976. Then studied film at the DFFB from 1976 to 1980. Has since 1979 been active as a cameraman, director and author, predominantly for documentary films.
DER SCHWARZE KASTEN (1990, doc)
WUNDBRAND SARAJEVO, 17 TAGE IM AUGUST (1994, doc)
MEIN FREUND, DER MINISTER (1998, doc)
WEISSE RABEN - ALPTRAUM TSCHETSCHENIEN (2005, doc)
WIEGENLIEDER (2009, doc)