Films by Claus Strigel

Germany 2018, 100 min
by Peter Heller (c/o filmkraft)

The film tells from the personal perspective of the filmmaker the history of the Munich district cinema 'Maxim'. The Maxim was centre of his private and professional life. The cinema had been managed for 40 years by the lone fighter Sigi who persistently opposed all trends. The Maxim was a venue, catalyst and home of political documentary and a birthplace of the Munich International Documentary Film Festival. But the political weapon "Maxim" had become dull time by time. The old cinema corner lo

Germany 2009
by Claus Strigel

Sex, potatoes, weapons the alchemical substance called money can transform anything into anything.It's created from nothing, multiplies exponentially and generates value from its scarcity. Seemingly a medium of exchange, only 2% of its entirety is used for the exchange of goods and services. Humanity's most consequential invention is both brilliant and fatal.