Films by Rieke Brendel

Germany 2017, 25 min
by Rieke Brendel, André Schäfer

The crime novel as a guide to discover the murderous idyll of France! In the series, Hamburg-based crime writer Friedrich Dönhoff travels to five different French regions to visit five of his colleagues and discover the landscapes that serve as their inspiration: scenically, culinary, as well as culturally. In the Périgord Friedrich Dönhoff meets with writer Martin Walker, in Banyuls he visits Yann Sola and Dominique Manotti shows him her Marseille. Jean-Luc Bannalec is lost without a trace and

2016, 208 min
by Markus Augé, Rieke Brendel, Andrew Davies, Jonas Niewianda, André Schäfer

THE GRAND LITERATOUR goes time-travelling with eight of the most enthralling authors in literary history.The series embarks on unique voyages intertwining both past and present: Heinrich Böll's Ireland, Hans Christian Andersen's Orient, the French Riviera with Erika and Klaus Mann, and Uwe Johnson’s New York – great authors on tour, grand literature tours. Travel literature is not just dusty descriptions of faraway places, it is intended for readers who are not only interested in visiting countr

Germany 2012, 59 min
by Rieke Brendel, Andrew Davies

Margaret Rutherford’s true life story is much more eccentric than the most famous fictional role she ever played, her role of a lifetime. A role which appeared tailor-made for her: Miss Jane Marple – Agatha Christie’s amateur detective. In the four black and white interpretations of Agatha Christie’s international bestsellers, Rutherford wore her own costumes and put on her own make-up. Perhaps an indication of why Rutherford’s characterisation of Miss Marple has become so definitive, classic an