Rolf Schübel

Green meadows, blue sky in Swabia: Actually, the world of the two villages Oberrieslingen and Unterrieslingen should be in perfect order. But she is not. Why? Because the two hostile villages have had to share a church and a cemetery since the Middle Ages, which has caused squabbles and squalor to this day.

Three musically talented children look to the future, but their hopes crumble when Germany and Russia enter into war.

The story of the first cloned human being - told in her own words: At the age of thirty the world-famous composer Iris Sellin learns that she has an incurable illness. She - a person who wanted to live for ever - does however not give in. In order to preserve her art and also herself, beyond death, for all posterity, she has herself cloned. Her daughter Siri, whom, in this way, she turns into her virtual twin, learns as a child that she is the world's first cloned human being. In fact a blueprint: a blueprint of her mother. From that moment on nothing is as it was before...

レコードを聴きながら自殺──。1930年代、世界中でそんな現象を巻き起こし、呪われた「自殺の聖歌」として、発禁処分を受けるに至った曲があった。現在も多くのアーティストによって歌い継がれるシャンソンの名曲「暗い日曜日」である。その後、作曲者自らも死を選んでいる。今もなお、多くの謎を残すこの曲の誕生には、激しくも切ない愛の物語が隠されていた……。第二次世界大戦前夜のブタペスト。レストランのオーナー、その麗しき恋人、店のピアノ弾き、彼らは互いに愛を共有し合う関係を保っていた。しかし、ピアノ弾きが「暗い日曜日」を作曲したことから、運命の歯車が狂いはじめる。生きること、愛することが簡単ではなかった時代。危ういほどに美しい旋律は、”真実”までも葬り去ってしまうのか……。

レコードを聴きながら自殺──。1930年代、世界中でそんな現象を巻き起こし、呪われた「自殺の聖歌」として、発禁処分を受けるに至った曲があった。現在も多くのアーティストによって歌い継がれるシャンソンの名曲「暗い日曜日」である。その後、作曲者自らも死を選んでいる。今もなお、多くの謎を残すこの曲の誕生には、激しくも切ない愛の物語が隠されていた……。第二次世界大戦前夜のブタペスト。レストランのオーナー、その麗しき恋人、店のピアノ弾き、彼らは互いに愛を共有し合う関係を保っていた。しかし、ピアノ弾きが「暗い日曜日」を作曲したことから、運命の歯車が狂いはじめる。生きること、愛することが簡単ではなかった時代。危ういほどに美しい旋律は、”真実”までも葬り去ってしまうのか……。

November 1990. Weekend. Three young turk men accompanied by two German women were taking the subway. They were in an exuberant mood and wanted to visit a discotheque. When a group of drunken neo-nazi youngsters entered the train an open confrontation arose. It ended bloody. The film follows the protagonists up to the event (and some time beyond) which took place in Berlin, Germany.

January / February 1993 marked the 50th anniversary of the German surrender at Stalingrad. On the occasion of this anniversary, a television documentary was produced in German-Russian cooperation, which, following a classic documentary pattern, allows 6 contemporary witnesses, former opponents of the war, to recount their personal experiences in front of the camera.

Based on the autobiographical notes by Leonhard Lentz the film tells the story of a man who was diagnosed with throat cancer. Besides the progress of the desease this film also focuses on the emotions and insights of the protagonist while being in therapy.

Based on the autobiographical notes by Leonhard Lentz the film tells the story of a man who was diagnosed with throat cancer. Besides the progress of the desease this film also focuses on the emotions and insights of the protagonist while being in therapy.

Between 1962 and 1966, sex murderer Jurgen Bartsch cruelly tortured and killed four children in an old air raid bunker in Germany. This documentary examines the personality of the killer who died in 1976 during voluntary castration surgery at the age of 30. Vilified by the press for his heinous crime, Bartsch also became a case study for famous found criminal psychologists like Alice Miller (who maintains that no one abuses without being abused as a child, and murderers tend to have their own childhood abuse denied by the adults around them). Bartsch never met his birth parents, he was raised in a clinic and later adopted by a cold, unaffectionate couple. By the age of 15, he tortured and killed his first child victim. This informative, fact-filled documentary provides enough details for viewers to come away with a broader understanding of the nature of the criminally insane and society's role in their formation.

Between 1962 and 1966, sex murderer Jurgen Bartsch cruelly tortured and killed four children in an old air raid bunker in Germany. This documentary examines the personality of the killer who died in 1976 during voluntary castration surgery at the age of 30. Vilified by the press for his heinous crime, Bartsch also became a case study for famous found criminal psychologists like Alice Miller (who maintains that no one abuses without being abused as a child, and murderers tend to have their own childhood abuse denied by the adults around them). Bartsch never met his birth parents, he was raised in a clinic and later adopted by a cold, unaffectionate couple. By the age of 15, he tortured and killed his first child victim. This informative, fact-filled documentary provides enough details for viewers to come away with a broader understanding of the nature of the criminally insane and society's role in their formation.

Documentary about the closure of a chemical plant in Krefeld and its effects on the employees.

Documentary about the closure of a chemical plant in Krefeld and its effects on the employees.

This film from 1968, which was later awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize, caused fierce reactions throughout Germany at the time. People had expected a promotionally effective Heimatfilm and now suddenly felt defamed.

This film from 1968, which was later awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize, caused fierce reactions throughout Germany at the time. People had expected a promotionally effective Heimatfilm and now suddenly felt defamed.