Films by Lisa M. Böttcher

Germany 2012, 120 min
by Gerd Kroske

The German painter and cabaret artist Heino Jaeger was once a celebrated radio star. The radio recordings 'Fragen Sie Dr. Jaeger/ Ask Dr. Jaeger' achieved cult status in the 70s. Nevertheless, this popularity seemed to 'hurt' Jaeger as a painter. After ten years, he abruptly discontinued his broadcasting work and began to drink. Weight down by a trauma from World War II and characterized by anarchic madness, but far being an eccentric, arrogant artist, Heino Jaeger died in a psychiatric ward in