Films by Ulrike Schamoni

Germany 2011
by Ulrike Schamoni

FAREWELL TO THE FROGS is a portrait of the late German filmmaker Ulrich Schamoni realized by his daughter, renowned photographer Ulrike Schamoni, on the basis of her father’s video diary. Diseased of leukaemia Ulrich Schamoni films his own life until several days before he dies in 1998. Assembled with excerpts from his works, director Ulrike Schamoni and editor Grete Jentzen aim to preserve the legacy of one of Germany´s greatest filmmakers. Schamoni always lived his life to the fullest and even