Films by Boris Hars-Tschachotin

2020, 52 min
by Boris Hars-Tschachotin

The documentary phenomenon Blade Runner explores the question of what has become of Ridley Scott's dystopia of total surveillance, climate catastrophe, the enslavement of humans by technology, dominance of mega-corporations from 1982, which is set in Los Angeles in 2019. Scott's cult film is still an important reference point for countless SciFi films in the following decades. How and why did "Blade Runner" achieve this cult status? At the same time, this masterpiece creates many references to c

Germany 2009
by Boris Hars-Tschachotin

Charismatic, erratic, egocentric, almost forgotten… Sergej Tschachotin was a scientist of international repute, friend to Pavlov and Einstein, revolutionary and pacifist. His private life was changeful too: five marriages, eight sons. SERGEJ IN THE URN tells the story of Sergej Tschachotin’s epic existence - from 1883 to 1973 - through the memories of four of his sons. Speaking openly for the first time, they tell of Tschachotin’s role as a cancer researcher, his participation in anti-totalitari