Films by Reiner Krausz

Germany 2022, 70 min
by Gregor Eppinger

All her life, Lydia has been working as a domestic helper in Berlin. Back at home in Poland she takes care of her elderly mother and sick brother. A lonely, deprived life lies behind her. The time of retirement is approaching, but all hopes of having a contemplative retired life in Poland will probably come to nothing. Ken Loach in documentary form. [37 DOK.fest Munich, Ysabel Fantou]

Germany 2019, 80 min
by Heiko Arendt

Born in 1922, Ernst Ludwig “Lux” Oswalt was the son of Ernst and Wilhelmine Oswalt, proprietors of the publishing house Rütten & Loening, which also published “Struwwelpeter”. Although he came from a Jewish family in Frankfurt, he was baptised in the Protestant church. Later, he was closely connected to St. Peter’s parish in Frankfurt, where he also worked as a leader for the church youth group and was himself confirmed in 1936. In spite of the fact they had been Protestants for two generations

Germany 2017, 52 min
by Christoph Schuch

"UNITED - The Red Rebels of Manchester" tells the story of ordinary people that created in 2005 their own football club, as they realized, that the takeover of an US-american billionaire changed their old love, the great Manchester United, forever. Thick of all the money thats dominates football nowadays, they established an exciting project in a city with a great tradition of social struggles and innovations. The film accompanies some volunteers in the last 36 exciting hours, before an incredib

Germany 2016, 78 min
by Christoph Schuch, Reiner Krausz

The promise of peace and increasing prosperity bonded Europeans from Finland to Cyprus for decades. But since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008 the European project is stuck in its biggest crisis since the Second World War. Neo-liberalism and corrupt elites as well as globally acting banks, concerns and military are increasingly dividing the continent; Labour laws and social standards are getting blurred; Ethnic hate and class struggle from above are escalating and driving people into