Films by Reinhard Kungel

Germany 2023, 90 min
by Reinhard Kungel

Jazz is hip! Even young people are enthusiastic about swinging rhythms and jazzy grooves. Yet very few people know anything about the background of this music. What is jazz actually? How did this music come to Germany? And why was it opposed by the Nazis? This film sets out in search of answers and accompanies a group of young jazz musicians who intensively explore the roots of their music. In addition, there are fascinating concert excerpts and interviews with important and, for the most part,

Germany 2021, 90 min
by Reinhard Kungel

Strange goings-on in the woods of Campus Galli in Germany: people wearing clothes of a bygone age are felling trees, tilling fields and building huts – all without modern equipment! They plan to build a monastery, complete with a colossal abbey. Often, seemingly trivial issues cause the biggest headaches. For example, the construction of the first stone buildings is delayed because it is proving impossible to produce firm mortar using medieval methods. And the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic i

Germany 2020, 90 min
by Reinhard Kungel

For centuries, the legendary Plan of Saint Gall has inspired and inspired architects, historians and archaeologists all over the world, as it is considered the oldest architectural drawing in the Occident. However, this significant plan was never realized – at least until June 2013, when some 40 craftsmen, archaeologists and historians in Meßkirch on Lake Constance began working on the plan, using only the means and methods of the early Middle Ages. In addition to dwellings and craftsmen's huts,

Germany 2018, 92 min
by Reinhard Kungel

In Iceland, the four elements of nature can be experienced as raw and close-up as in practically no other place on Earth. The island comes out on top in terms of life expectancy, income and level of education, and is considered the worldmins most peaceful country. What makes Iceland so successful? A cinematic search with fantastic pictures in 4K.

Germany 2017, 74 min
by Reinhard Kungel

For centuries, the Plan of Saint Gall has inspired a vast number of architects and even more historians. Yet, it had never been realised – until today. In 2013 a registered non-profit society called "Karolingische Klosterstadt e.V." has accepted the challenge to build the fictitious abbey within a period of 50 years, applying methods and tools of the early ninth century.Building a living history site with staff in period costume, portraying construction and everyday life as well as the monastic

Germany 2015, 52 min
by Reinhard Kungel

NORTHERN WOODS is an entertaining and diverse time trip by the centuries. The film starts in spring and ends in wintertime. Four Chapters also tell us about the history of mankind. NORTHERN WOODS is a fascinating documentary and a tribute to the Nordic forest: The film shows his development from a primeval wood to a cultivated forest. Once he was populated by wild animals such as wolves, bears, eagles, deer or musk oxen. Complex re-enactment-scenes shot by dollies and helicopter show also the co

Germany 2013, 53 min
by Reinhard Kungel

When thinking of pilgrimage routes, St. James’ Way to Santiago de Compostela in Spain comes to most people's minds. But it is now completely "overrun" and so more and more pilgrims are looking for an alternative route. And there is one: namely, Pilgrimsleden (The pilgrim’s route), also known as St. Olav’s Way or The Old King’s Road. The main route is approximately 640 kilometres (400 miles) long. It starts in Oslo and heads north to Trondheim where the impressive Gothic c

France 2010, 90 min
by Reinhard Kungel

In Guédelon 50 craftsworkers are building a castle only with abidance by the XIIIth century.To visit Guédelon is like a journey into history, because in the forest of Saint-Sauveur a castle will be build. But not the way we are used to. 50 craftsworkers are building a castle with abidance by the XIIIth century techniques in the middle of the forest, in a natural site which provides them with every building material: water, stone, earth, sand and wood. In Guédelon, there is no excavator, no drill

Germany 2009, 60 min
by Reinhard Kungel

Captain Morten Hansen is sailing the 3rd time from Bremerhaven to Greenland but this time he will go further north than ever before. The captain wants to lead his passengers up to Ilulissat Icefjord, the most productive glacier in the northern hemisphere. Every day the Kangia-glacier edges around 40 meters of ice into the fjord. But first of all they have to cross the Atlantic ocean, a pretty stormy sea and therefore Morten Hansen has to fight against 10-meter-waves. In Greenland there is time t