Directed by:
Pepe DanquartCinematography:
Kolja BrandtComposer:
ThomCast:
Katharina Thalbach, Yasser Arafat, Rudi Dutschke, Mick Jagger, Adolf Hitler (a.f.), Mick Jagger (a.f.), Pope John Paul II (a.f.), Franz Josef Strauß (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
"I doubt if my mother voted for me back then." Former German Minister of Foreign Affairs Joschka Fischer comes from a conservative, Christian Democratic background. In Joschka and Sir Fischer, the liberal politician tells of his life, which has been filled with extremes and contradictions: from his youth shortly after the war through his rebellious years as a politically active student, to his career as the government minister of a peaceful party that ultimately opted for intervening in Bosnia. He recounts his personal story literally against the backdrop of 60 years of turbulent German history: in the film, he is standing in an old factory between film screens on which historical footage is projected. In the editing, these help to explain his story, accompanied of course by music that fits the era in question. The film also makes 10 excursions to the stories of people who talk about their lives in a given period. From the mendacious 1950s, the revolutionary 1960s, terrorist groups in the 1970s and the peaceful anti-nuclear movement of the 1980s, through to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the election of the red-green government coalition under Gerhard Schröder. Directed by Pepe Danquart, who won an Oscar for his fiction short Schwarzfahrer in 1994. (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)
(more)Cast
Katharina Thalbach
East Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
The Tin Drum (1979)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Yasser Arafat
Egypt
Rudi Dutschke
German Empire
Best movies:
The Third Generation (1979)
Mick Jagger
UK
Best movies:
Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour Live (2015) (concert)
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978) (TV movie)
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 (2015) (concert)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
Pope John Paul II (a.f.)
Poland
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series) - a.f.
Karol. Człowiek, który został papieżem (2005) (TV movie)
Apparitions at Fatima (1992)
Franz Josef Strauß (a.f.)
German Empire
Helmut Kohl (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Die Ermittler: Nur für den Dienstgebrauch (2016) (TV movie)
Hans-Dietrich Genscher (a.f.)
German Empire
Otto Schily (a.f.)
German Empire
Willy Brandt (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) - a.f.
Sources of Life (2013) - a.f.
Good Bye Lenin! (2003) - a.f.
Slobodan Milosevic (a.f.)
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Border Post (2006) - a.f.
The Special Relationship (2010) (TV movie) - a.f.