Films by Lena Leonhardt

Germany 2021, 97 min
by Lena Leonhardt

A celebrated Palestinian influencer from Israel who quit his lucrative job at PayPal in order to maximize life experience; a young top manager who sacrifices both her job and marriage for the adventure of sailing around the world; an Argentinean couple who apply their computer science skills to distribute their self-produced porn online: ROAMERS accompanies a wide variety of characters on their journeys all over the world and in different social media feeds and follows their search for meaning a

Germany 2019, 88 min
by Lena Leonhardt

Andreas Drapa used to be a regular paver in a small town, breeding pigeons in his free time. Now he's a millionaire – and the wealthiest high-class racing pigeon breeder in Germany. As such he has become the preferred business partner of multi-millionaires in China and Dubai. Because especially in the Middle Kingdom betting on pigeon races has become a million dollar business behind closed doors. But Drapa's still aiming for more: He wants to belong to the powerful super rich, too.HIGHFLYERS ado

Germany 2016, 69 min
by Lena Leonhardt

A remote forest: a place where dogs become canine soldiers. The dogs born here, in the military dog training school of the German Army, are all supposed to be both companion and weapon for their human counterparts. The dogs are trained to act like a weapon, and the soldiers are trained to make use of it. The initial play gradually becomes drill and the artificial training setting gets closer and closer to the scenario of a real military mission. A reality that is only to well known to another pr

Germany 2014, 91 min
by Peter Bardehle, Lena Leonhardt

The Rhine is at the heart of the European soul: The most important river of the continent originates in the Gotthard massif high up in the Alps – and on its journey to the North Sea it joins Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Poets and musicians from all countries created works of art to express the power of the stream. One of the most arduously working artists of all time was captured by this river and its myths: Richard Wagner. This documentary revives th