Films by Karsten Schnack

Germany 2004
by Helmut Schulzeck

A film about Eduardas Jonusas, Lithuanian painter, sculptor, philosopher and poet. An individual caught between nightmare and art. Art that finds its space in apocalyptic world views and allows the artist to overcome his trauma and survive. The film takes us back to Jonusas’ past: idyllic rural childhood, Soviet invasion in 1945, torture in a KGB prison. Whether cleverly outwitting the KGB in the 60s and 70s or fighting for freedom as Russian tanks roll into Vilnius in 1991, Jonusas always manag

Germany 1999
by Helmut Schulzeck

"Once upon a time, that's how fairy tales begin - these were sometimes my mother's closing words when she was telling us children about her youth in Nidden, and what she meant was that it was over. How does a person recall things if she is suddenly obliged to leave her home when still young, and notpermitted to return for fifty years, and precisely what does she recall? Does she feel homesick for her youth? The film gives very personal answers to these questions, and yet they may be applicable t