Synopse
DOCUMENTARY No living artist is so inextricably intertwined with East/West German history as Wolf Biermann. A moving, very personal, kaleidoscopic view of a life spent in five different versions of Germany. Wolf Biermann has always had a polarising effect. The lyrical power of his songs has ruffled feathers for more than 60 years. The film uses his music as the jumping-off point to approach Biermann himself. The camera accompanies the 90-year old at numerous meetings with young musicians and politicians, along with his family and presents the resulting footage in a collage of contemporary documentation which includes as yet unpublished archive material.
Regie
Jens Meurer is a producer and director. His films have won many awards, including the European Film Prize for Jeckes – The Distant Relatives (1997). His miniseries Carlos – The Jackal (2010) won a Golden Globe.
Präsentiert von Karin und Walter Blüchert Gedächtnisstiftung
Akkreditiertenvorstellungen
01.10.2026 10:00 Uhr
CinemaxX Dammtor - Saal 1
Info
Original Title: Biermann
International Title: Biermann
Category: Documentary feature
Section: Große Freiheit
Version & Subtitles: German OV with English subtitles
Director: Jens Meurer
Screenplay: Dirk Kämper, Jens Meurer, Pamela Biermann
Cast/Protagonists: Wolf Biermann, Joachim Gauck, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Campino, Pamela Biermann, Wolfgang Niedecken, Barbara Honigmann, Ulrich Gumpert, Günter 'Baby' Sommer
Production country: Germany
Year of Production: 2026
Length: 120 min
Producer: Jens Meurer, Michael Souvignier, Johann Scheerer, Martin Hagemann
Production company: Instant Film GmbH, Zeitsprung Pictures GmbH, Clouds Hill GmbH & Co. KG, zero fiction film GmbH
Cinematography: Sebastian Ganschow, Bernd Fischer
Sound: Christian Cvechovec
Editor: Antje Lass, Zenon Kristen, Grete Jentzen
Music: Wolf Biermann
Commissioning Editor: Christiane Hinz / Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Jutta Krug / Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Timo Großpietsch / Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Anaïs Roth / Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
co-production company: Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
Distributor: Majestic Filmverleih GmbH
