Films by Heinz Brinkmann

Germany 2018, 90 min
by Heinz Brinkmann

For Berliners, the Baltic island of Usedom was once the most luxurious destination for excursions within striking distance of the city. This is where imperial Germany’s grand health resorts of Bansin, Heringsdorf and Ahlbeck were built. Heinz Brinkmann, who was born in Heringsdorf, traces the eventful history of his island. He talks about the magnificent villas on Europe’s longest beach promenade, about the expulsion of Jewish citizens by the Nazis and about Usedom being split into a German and

Germany 2013, 90 min
by Heinz Brinkmann

All three of them are sporty types: the twins Matthias and Wolfgang Boehme as well as their older brother Hans-Werner. But only one takes the successful step from the 1960s GDR into the international world of high performing sports: Wolfgang, a handball talent of highest order. Left-handed. He attends boarding school at the age 13, followed by a sports school and the merchant navy - always away from his mother and father. When sport was misused in the years of the Cold War it was difficult for h