Films by Benedikt Schulte

Germany 2023, 90 min
by Eva Hartmann

For a long time, the village of Urlau at the foot of the Allgäu Alps was only known for its ammunition arsenal. Cäcilia Angerer still remembers the looming catastrophe during World War II. But lately Urlau has been sprucing itself up because a huge resort is about to be built where toxic warfare ammunition was once stored. Christian Skrodzki has been planning a community project to give an old factory building in the village a new purpose. The Wehr family has been preparing their vacation apartm

Germany 2018, 52 min
by Benedikt Schulte

Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Martin Schleske (master luthier) How can we describe the intimate connection between an instrument and its player? How can a piece of wood become „the love of my life“, as Frank Peter Zimmermann calls his 1711 Stradivarius „Lady Inchiquin“? The instrument, worth 6 million Euros, was locked away in a safe for more than two years - due to bankruptcy of its lender, a German bank. This documentary follows the world renowned violinist as he reunites with his beloved v