Germany, Canada 2024, 97 minby Oliver Schwehm
'Born to Be Wild' made the band Steppenwolf famous overnight and around the world. The song, synonymous with the cult film EASY RIDER, became the anthem of a generation. What’s less well-known is that singer John Kay and bassist Nick St. Nicholas come from Germany. This documentary traces their journey from their war-ravaged homeland to the streets of Toronto to the pinnacle of the music world. [41 FILMFEST MÜNCHEN]
BORN TO BE WILD – The History of Steppenwolf
Germany 2021, 72 minby Oliver Schwehm
Helmut Schreiber alias Kalanag is one of the most controversial entertainers. As the "court magician of the Nazis", he enchanted parties for Goebbels and entertained the masses at NSDAP events. At the same time, he was responsible for propaganda films. After the war, he turned his hobby into a profession and started an international career as the world's greatest post-war magician neglecting his past . Helmut Schreiber's unbelievable career is a perfect example of unlimited merciless complicity and the suppression of the Nazi past after 1945.
Kalanag – Hitler’s Magician
Germany 2018, 91 minby Oliver Schwehm
Elon Musk and his company SpaceX aren't the first private venture to attempt to make it into space. This is the amazing story of Lutz Kayser, an aerospace engineer from southwestern Germany, who founded a private company, OTRAG, to develop and produce a satellite launch vehicle. In search of a suitable launch area, OTRAG signs a lease with Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko for an area of jungle the size of East Germany. Here the company builds its own spaceport, a "German Cape Canaveral" in the heart of Africa, complete with its own butcher shop and marijuana plantation. But what began as an adventure slowly turns into a nightmare.
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