Films by Oliver Lumpe

Germany 2010, 90 min
by Dagmar Brendecke

Cato Bontjes van Beek's childhood was paradise. She, her sister Mietje and their brother Tim were very close In the 1930s Cato moves to Berlin. Here she learns the truth about the war and the cruelties in the occupied countries. She is stunned and gets involved in the "Rote Kapelle", a resistance organisation. Together with her sister Mietje, she organizes help for prisoners of war. With her friend Heinz Strelow she types leaflets against the war. Cato did what she could. Highly risky perhaps ho

Germany 2009
by Marcus Behrens

This documentary circles around seven international dancers in their everyday life in Germany's capital city, Berlin. All of them are connected through the vibrant and constantly growing arts scene, this city has to offer.This film focuses on the network between those dancers, regardless of nationality and style. The dance itself will remain in the centre of this work: Try-outs and rehearsals, fun and more serious aspects of being a dancer - improvisation and opening nights: no matter if it is S