Kuhlenkampff's Shoes

Synopsis

Just as the Federal Republic of Germany went uphill, German entertainment television developed so splendidly. And the showmasters took part in forgetting the war and its traumatic events: Kulenkampff, Hans Rosenthal and Peter Alexander. All three fell into the turmoil during the war, Kulenkampff and Alexander as soldiers, Rosenthal as a Jew, who, with unbelievably luck, narrowly escaped deportation several times. Like my father, they belonged to a very special generation: First abused by National Socialism, then harnessed to the hamster wheel of reconstruction, they knew nothing of traumatization, or did not want to know.

Festivals/Awards

3sat Documentary Award - Duisburger Filmwoche 2018
Grimme Prize 2019

Kuhlenkampff's Shoes

Kuhlenkampff's Shoes