Films by Raimund Barthelmes

Germany 2009
by Kristina in der Schmitten

"Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans." (John Lennon) The five protagonists - and the director - in "No straight paths“ had several things in common: They went to the same school, graduated together and had many dreams and visions about what they wanted to do with their future. In the meantime, half of life is over and they have realized: Things never turn out the way you expect. An anniversary - 20 years of graduating - gives reason to review how life has played.

Germany 2001
by Jens Schanze

By 2045, twenty localities in Germany will be resettled because of brown coal open pit mining. The film Waste Land follows the inhabitants of three villages in the Rhenish coal-mining district during their last years in their old home and documents how an entire region prepares for its collective relocation. “I wish you much joy planning your new house!” That is what the director of the Rheinbraun AG calls out to several dozen people in the gym of a small town near Cologne. Floor plans for one-