Axel Brandt

Filmes

In the Maelstrom of War - The Story of a German Family
Director of Photography
A film about the destructive power of war, about mental destruction and the effects on future generations.
Hitler & Stalin: Portrait of Hostility
Camera Operator
A double portrait of two dictators who were thousands of miles apart but were constantly fixated on each other.
Hinter den Elbbrücken
Director of Photography
As soon as the former truck driver has crossed the various bridges over the Elbe, he would preferably turn around immediately and return home, to the Steinburg district in Schleswig-Holstein. There he’s been converting an old farmhouse for himself and his small family for ten years now. In the end, he sees himself rewarded by the beauty of the living space. Yet he is not just content, but also discontent. With friends, he undertakes a boat ride on board the “Kehrwieder” into the rough Danish waters.
Is This Fate?
Cinematography
A portrait of a family in Berlin in the late 1970's, this film focuses on the mother.
John Heartfield, Fotomonteur
Cinematography
A documentary which looks at Heartfield primarily as a political activist working in a specific historical context. It demonstrates this relationship by the use of documentary material, such as archive footage of inter-war Germany, in juxtaposition with Heartfield's works.