Zeitfilm Media GmbH

2022, 117 min
by Kyra Steckeweh, Tim van Beveren

The film dives into a time that has more in common with today's than one might think. "It was the golden age of security," writes Stefan Zweig in his book "The World of Yesterday." It was in this world that composer Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) created her works, which are not inferior to those of her famous male colleagues. She was born a countess and able to develop her talent at an early age. But after WW I and the collapse of the K.u.K-monarchy, she had to adapt her life to the new times in or

Germany 2016, 52 min
by Joerg Altekruse, Orlando Lübbert

“The peoples of Latin America belong together, we're like brothers and sisters.” Teresa Romero, a primary school director in Bolivia’s seat of government La Paz, is convinced, that “this is exactly Simon Bolivars vision of a united Bolivarian continent”.Born in Venezuela in 1783, the wealthy descendant of Basque noblemen had been inspired by the ideals of the French enlightenment: liberty, equality, fraternity. At the age 22 years Simon Bolivar swore to his teacher in Rome, “From now I have only