Films by Lutz Reitemeier

Germany, Canada, Finland 2022, 99 min
by Rick Minnich

A 76-year old engineer is on a mission: to connect the United States and Russia with a 100-kilometer long train tunnel beneath the Bering Strait.THE STRAIT GUYS follows Czech-born mining engineer, George, and his fast-talking protégé, Scott, along the proposed route of the InterContinental Railway through Alaska, to the Bering Strait and onward to Russia. The “Strait Guys” endeavor to convince international governments, corporations, and indigenous tribes to green-light their $100 billion railwa

Germany, Belgien, Israel 2020, 122 min
by Carl-Ludwig Rettinger

The Red Orchestra was a most important resistance net in Nazi Germany, which also collected military information. With the assistance of a Jewish espionage ring in Brussels and Paris, they passed it to the Soviets. After locating their radio transmissions, Hitler set off a deadly hunt. During the Cold War, the legacy of the Red Orchestra got ground down between the propaganda of East and West. Two large-scale feature films were launched on both sides, each telling merely half of t

Germany 2010, 45 min
by Michael Hofmann

Eckart Witzigmann has left his mark on German and Austrian haute cuisine like no one before him. Every top German chef has learned under his tutelage, and the rich and famous have all dined at his legendary restaurant "Aubergine." The film follows him to Munich, Salzburg and Alsace and retraces the most significant moments in his life and his extraordinary career. With the help of his family, friends and students, Witzigmann tells how he revolutionized German cuisine and became one of the best c

Germany 2006
by Dagmar Scheibert

The UNITED BUDDY BEARS’ principle of understanding and trusting each other led 125 of them to undertake an unusual journey. Each of the artistically painted polyester furs represents a member state of the United Nations. All together standing in a circle - 'paw in paw' – they pay tribute to the cultural diversity of our world. In Berlin they started their world tour in winter 2003, no difficulties could stop them. Travelling by ship, trucks, and even by plane for one special late-comer, they see

Germany 2004, 108 min
by Andres Veiel

Four acting students are the focus of Andres Veiel’s long-term observational documentary. We meet Stephanie, Karina, Constanza and Prodromos while they are preparing for their acting school auditions. The selection procedure takes months; it is a trying, nerve-racking time spent vacillating between hope and anxiety. All four make it into the school, but their initial euphoria about commencing their studies – including group exercises, role play and obligatory fencing lessons

Germany 1993, 96 min
by Andres Veiel, David Maayan

An explosive stage production against the Holocaust. Three Israeli actors: Khaled, the Palestinian; Madi, the Jew; and Moni, the child of Israeli Jews and himself a practising othodox Jew. Using highly vivid images they face up to their history – going right up to the pain barrier. (DOK.fest Munich)with: Madi Smadar Maayan, Khaled Abu Ali, Moni Yosef, David Maayan, Miri Zemach, Naama Mamber, Anat Kirschner