Films by Hans Schauerte

Germany 2020, 56 min
by Bettina Ehrhardt

In Post-war Germany of 1945, even music went back to square one: New sounds were to make the Germans better people, according to the plans of the Allies. With their support, musicians went back to those sounds that had been forbidden by the Nazis. Atonal and twelve-tone music was now on the concert programs, including contemporary music hailing from the occupying powers' countries. However, with the beginning of the Cold War and the division of Europe into East and West, a change sets in: Music,

Germany, France 2009, 44 min
by Irene Höfer, Gabriela Hermer

Disregarding her age of 80 - she is still a visionary character under the permanent strain to create; a highly sensitive person who is still among the most creative and succesful designers of the world. The film portrays the unique universe at SONIA RYKIELs headquaters on the eve of the winter show 2010. Sonia, her daughter Nathalie and the French writer Régine Deforges have their say.