Films by Barbara Metzlaff

Germany 2012, 96 min
by Antje Hubert

In 1973 the plans to build a nuclear power station causedmajor unrest among the inhabitants in Brokdorf, a villagelocated by the River Elbe. Despite long protests, the powerstation was connected to the grid in 1986, only a few monthsafter Chernobyl. The film is about the remaining protesters onsite, their life between coming to terms with the \'thing\' in frontof their doorstep and their unrelenting anger about this fatefuldefeat.In 2010 the film begins to travel through the deserted landscape a

Germany 2010, 58 min
by Christian Bau

This poetic documentary film links the fate of the New York artist Jimmy Ernst and his parents Max Ernst and Louise Straus on several narrative levels with the story of the print shop Augustin in Glueckstadt. 1935 - Jimmy's parents had to flee to Paris - the Augustin family take in the 15 year-old as an apprentice typesetter. He learns how to set foreign languages such as Chinese or Arabic as well as Runic characters and cuneiform script. Inspired by his work he develops a fascination for symbol

Germany 2010, 76 min
by Alexandra Gramatke, Barbara Metzlaff

VIOLINS FOR ST. PAULI tells the moving story of an elementary school class in the district of St. Pauli, one of the deprived neighbourhoods in the city of Hamburg. Thanks to the unique commitment of the musician Gino Romero-Ramirez, children begin playing the violin at the age of seven. It is a difficult instrument, but Ramirez is so inspiring, that his pupils keep playing with surprising zeal for three years. This requires a lot of teaching experience in addition to steady nerves, patience and