Films by Werner Köhne

Germany 2016, 52 min
by Werner Köhne

What is more important: freedom of opinion or respect for religions? Artists, film-makers and cartoonists take a stance on blasphemy.Blasphemy: a highly contentious subject at a time when religions are gaining importance around the world, when they are becoming a political issue and can incite terror and violence. From the fatwa against Salman Rushdie to the terror attacks on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, the debate about blasphemy has intensified. What is more important? Freedo

Germany 2008
by Werner Köhne, André Schäfer

John le Carré is one of the most important yet underestimated writers of our time. He is radical, angry, analytic, and intelligent. For more than 50 years he has been a dedicated author and a pugnacious witness of contemporary events. His ‘63 debut bestseller "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" is a highly ambitious literary work and much more than a novel. Instead it qualifies as a historical document about the Cold War. But the iron curtain has long fallen and le Carré has move