Films by Daniel Burkholz

Germany 2024, 92 min
by Daniel Burkholz

Heart of Darkness tells the story of the terror attacks on Israel carried out by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. Moreover, the film also tells the story of the aftermath of these attacks and of Israel's war against Hamas.When Hannah Arendt reported from the Adolf Eichmann Court Case, she introduced the term Banality of Evil. We think that was only partly correct: It's the Heart of Darkness. We started with the making of the film shortly after October 7, 2023 and we finished it by the end of 2023, to make a contribution in support of the hostages abducted by the Hamas terrorists. (Photos Gaza Border and Tel Aviv Under Attack by Israel Defence Forces, CC BY-NC 2.0)

Germany 2024, 30 min
by Daniel Burkholz

Lore Krüger was a German-Jewish photographer and a political activist. She was also a buddy of Lisa Fittko. Together they managed to escape from the French concentration camp Gurs. Lore catched the last steamer over the Atlantic, just before the Nazi-Wehrmacht took over in Marseille. Lisa Fittko saved many refugees, artists, intellectuals, etc., many of them having a Jewish background, by bringing them over the Pyrenees Mountains to Spain – out of reach of the German Nazis and their French Fascist collaborators.

2023, 92 min
by Daniel Burkholz

According to Muslim belief every so called martyr (like for example the Hamas terrorists and murderers who attacked Israel on October 7, 2023) will be welcomed in Paradise by 72 virgins. Unfortunately the gates of Paradise will be kept closed for so called martyrs if they are killed in battle by a woman. 72 Feminists for Justice tells the story of the terror attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023 and of Israel's war against Hamas seen from the women's perspective. (Photos: Israel Defence Forces, CC BY-NC 2.0)

Germany 2023, 92 min
by Daniel Burkholz

Bella Ciao – Love and Battle, the third part of the Roadside Resistance Trilogy. It is a journey to the roots of modern Europe and to the roots of European identity – the victory against Fascists and Nazis. A victory gained by the allied forces, but also by numerous resistance fighters – men and women. Bella Ciao – Love and Battle gives the timewitnesses, who fought in the Second World War and won the war, their say. They are the leading men and women of their stories. But they are not only talking about the past, they are also taking a stand when it comes to the dangers and threats which we have to face today.

Germany 2023, 45 min
by Daniel Burkholz

Vincent Almudever and Joseph Almudever, two brothers of Spanish-French origin (or vice versa). They fought in the Spanish Civil War as well as in the Second World War against the Fascists and the Nazis. It took them 10 years until they met again after they had went to war. And they kept on being political animals until they passed away: Joseph at the age of 102, Vincent at the age of 105... .

Germany 2023, 45 min
by Daniel Burkholz

Josef Eisenbauer, Hans Landauer and Gerhard Hoffmann, they didn't know each other even though there weren't so many Austrian Antifascists during the 30ties (just like in Nazi-Germany...). But they all took the same decision: They went into war to fight against the Fascists and the Nazis. This led them to an odyssey of eight years – over the battle fields and through the concentration camps, until they could return back home to Austria.

Germany 2021, 70 min
by Daniel Burkholz

Without women the fight against Fascism wouldn't have been won. But until today, this story has seldom been told. The great contribution of women to the defeat of Fascism is largely underestimated. "Bella Ciao - The Women's Resistance" pays tribute to these unsung heroines.