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