Films by Stefan Urlaß

Germany 2012, 53 min
by Stefan Urlaß

Rodica is the first name of each of the two protagonists in Alice Gruia’s film. Rodica Grill is 86 years old and the two years older Rodica Gruia is her best friend and Alice’s grandmother. Both of them have Romanian-Jewish roots and have been living for 30 and 20 years respectively in Sydney, Australia, where they met. RODICA GRILL is the more childish of the two, with the biggest mouth. She was always looking for a free country which she found neither in Romania nor in Uruguay. Rodica is by na

Germany 2011
by Gabi Heleen Bollinger

In 1937 the Nazis used one of his early sculptures for the catalogue cover of their propaganda exhibition 'Degenerate Art.' Otto Freundlich, a German sculptor, wanted to build streets of sculptures running through Europe symbolizing his Utopian vision of a World Society. The Nazis murdered him in 1943. His Idea is still alive. Leo Kornbrust took on this legacy and, together with several colleagues, has worked for the last forty years on the 'Road of Peace' project: a homage to Otto Freundlich. K