Films by Ulli Wendelmann

2023, 90 min
by Ulli Wendelmann, Denis Kliewer

The Ebers Papyrus, the world’s oldest medical manual, takes us back to ancient Egypt and to the turbulent times in the late 19th century, when the Western world was obsessed with finding oriental treasures.The film tells of the discovery of the world’s oldest medical manual. Georg Ebers, a German Egyptologist, came upon the 3,500-year-old work in Luxor in the late nineteenth century and carried it back with him to Saxony in a spectacular manner. The book contains more than 800 formulas, along wi

Germany 2022, 52 min
by Ulli Wendelmann, Claudia Grüner

The film looks at the traumatic experiences of patients in East German psychiatric care. A powerful portrayal of the struggle to reform 'soul work under socialism'. Everyday life in psychiatric institutions in East Germany was defined by dire material conditions, excessive medication administration, coercion and violence. In the early 1960s, dedicated doctors tried to reform mental health care in the GDR. Unsuccessfully. Other attempts to introduce more respectful doctor-patient relationships an