Ulrich Schamoni

In March 1998 director and producer Ulrich Schamoni – who was dying of leukaemia at the time – documented life in his house in Berlin’s Grunewald district. Schamoni kept on filming until just a few days before his death. The result was a moving and colourful chronicle amounting to a total of 170 hours of tape. Interspersing a selection of these images with excerpts from Schamoni’s films such as "Es" and "Chapeau Claque", Schamoni’s photographer daughter Ulrike Schamoni and editor Grete Jentzen have created a loving tribute to a generous and multifaceted man.

Ulrich Schamoni takes the audience on a trip to the haunts of his childhood.

Ulrich Schamoni takes the audience on a trip to the haunts of his childhood.

A man lives a quiet live in a big house thanks to the wealth of his ancestors. Then a young woman arrives.

A man lives a quiet live in a big house thanks to the wealth of his ancestors. Then a young woman arrives.

A man lives a quiet live in a big house thanks to the wealth of his ancestors. Then a young woman arrives.

A man lives a quiet live in a big house thanks to the wealth of his ancestors. Then a young woman arrives.

A group of gamblers travels through Europe.

A group of gamblers travels through Europe.

A group of gamblers travels through Europe.

Two former lovers start a new relationship.

Two former lovers start a new relationship.

Two former lovers start a new relationship.

Musical comedy set in Berlin Kreuzberg.

Musical comedy set in Berlin Kreuzberg.

A man returns every year to visit his estranged family and friends in this drama dripping with biting social commentary. His 40-year-old buddies are part of the nouveau riche who consider themselves elite and are content to sandbag it at work. Teutonic sentimentality is lampooned, and the narrow minded are held up to ridicule. Some fine performances outweigh the passages of unintentional humor in this second film from director Ulrich Schamoni.

A man returns every year to visit his estranged family and friends in this drama dripping with biting social commentary. His 40-year-old buddies are part of the nouveau riche who consider themselves elite and are content to sandbag it at work. Teutonic sentimentality is lampooned, and the narrow minded are held up to ridicule. Some fine performances outweigh the passages of unintentional humor in this second film from director Ulrich Schamoni.

Interview film with the protagonists of the New German Cinema in 1966.

Manfred and Hilke live a live perfectly complied with each other in West Berlin. They managed to elude from the bourgeois conformity, which they loath. But when Hilke finds out about her pregnancy she estranges from her partner. Trying to keep her former life as it was, she desperately looks all over the city to get an abortion.

Manfred and Hilke live a live perfectly complied with each other in West Berlin. They managed to elude from the bourgeois conformity, which they loath. But when Hilke finds out about her pregnancy she estranges from her partner. Trying to keep her former life as it was, she desperately looks all over the city to get an abortion.

Short by Thomas Schamoni.

Documentary about the current state of German cinema. Produced for German television.

Documentary about the current state of German cinema. Produced for German television.

Short documentary on the making of Henry Levin's Genghis Khan, which filmed on location in Yugoslavia. The final film's epic battle scenes are contrasted with the mundane reality of life on a film set.