88 or 52min | DCP | HD | Blu-ray | color & b/w | original German/English version with English subtitles available
Synopsis
Gottfried Böhm is widely regarded as Germany’s preeminent architect. The son of a master builder of churches, he is the patriarch of a modern architecture dynasty to which his sons Stephan, Peter und Paul now belong. By realizing prominent buildings of their own, the Böhm fils have managed to step out of the shadow of their famous father. But the crisis in the German construction industry, among other things, has stoked the fires of competition between the brothers. Gottfried, now 94, still contributes daily to current projects. With the death of his wife Elisabeth, also an architect and a source of inspiration for all Böhms, the family loses its emotional lodestone. The film paints an intimate and pointed portrait of the complexity and inseparability of life, love, faith, art and architecture.
Festivals/Awards
DOK Leipzig – Docmentary Film Prize of the Goethe-Institut shortlisted for German Film Award Slamdance Salt Lake City Film Fest Max-Ophuels-Preis Saarbruuecken LOLA@Berlinale Berlin&Beyond
Cast and Crew
Director Maurizius Staerkle Drux
Producer Carl-Ludwig Rettinger
Score Jonas Bühler
Original Languages
German
World Sales Company
Autentic GmbH Gruenwalder Weg 28d, 82041 Oberhaching