Out of Competition

FROM DACHAU WITH LOVE
GRUSSE AUS DACHAU




Country of production: Germany
Year: 2003
Language: German
Mins: 77

Director: Bernd Fischer
Script: Bernd Fischer
Cinematography: Bernd Fischer
Music: Reinmar Henschke
Editing: Inge Schneider
Sound: Norbert Gaisbauer,
Dominique Siemens
Producer: Jens Mehrer
Production company: Egoli Tossell Film
Source: Jana Kohlmann
Egoli Tossell Film
Torstr. 164
10115 Berlin, GERMANY
Phone: +49 30 24 6565 0
Fax: +49 30 24 6565 18
janakohlmann@egolitossell.com
www.egolitossell.com

Dachau, Germany, has become virtually synonymous with the idea of Nazi work camps. However, it is also an ancient German city, which has been and still is home to people who are born, live, love, eat, hope, go to school, dream, and live relatively normal lives.

The town's 20th century notoriety still inescapably haunts Dachau. The massive camp still stands, serving as the destination for tourists and survivors. The Bavarian riot police train next door in a former SS barracks. An enduring and devoted Jewish gentleman steadfastly remains in town, telling his story to curious visitors, speaking many different languages.

Yet without destroying the past, the people of Dachau try also to move into the 21st century. They host fairs, tourist promotions, and many other events. FROM DACHAU WITH LOVE is a frank and sympathetic portrait of a town in transformation, directed by one of its native sons.


Bernd Fischer studied cinematography at the school for film and television in Potsdam-Babelsberg. In the late 1990s, he studied at workshops by Vilmos Zsigmond and Billy Williams in the United States. He collaborated on the lighting concept for RUSSIAN ARK, directed by Aleksander Sokurov, and has worked extensively as a cinematographer.

filmography as director
FROM DACHAU WITH LOVE (2003)

Saturday 03-Apr-2004 1:00 PM Facets Cinematheque
Monday 05-Apr-2004 7:00 PM Beverly Arts Center