Über unsere Schwellen hinaus - Gerta, das deutsche Mädchen

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Über unsere Schwellen hinaus - Gerta, das deutsche Mädchen

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The perceptions that neighbors have of each other arise not only from experience, but also from prejudice. The third part of our documentary deals with our shared history up to the present day. Together with students from Hanau and Brno, we explore this history. We chose K. Tučková's “Gerta – the German Girl” as our third novel..

About the film/director

Rainer Brumme
Studied philosophy and theater studies in Erlangen and Frankfurt am Main; earned an MA in Philosophy; served as board member and executive director of the Association of Young German Filmmakers (VDN), during which time he produced his first films; contributed to “filmfaust.”

In recent years, he has worked on projects such as the WDR/rbb documentary “Wir Kinder des Lebensborn” (We, the Children of Lebensborn) alongside Bruno Schneider. Later, he collaborated with Wolfgang Spielvogel on “Manchmal ist es schön mit diesen Menschen zu sprechen” (Sometimes It’s Nice to Talk to These People), which chronicles his return to his ancestral homeland in the Sudetenland, as well as the three-part documentary series “Über unsere Schwellen hinaus” (Beyond Our Thresholds). He has also worked on various theatrical films (editing and editing direction) with Ulrich Meckler.

Wolfgang Spielvogel
Born in 1945 in Barzdorf/Bernartice in the Orlické Mountains. Grew up in the Swabian Alb. Studied theater studies in Vienna. Subsequently worked in theater as a dramaturg, director, and playwright; since 1996, he has run his own off-Broadway theater in Frankfurt am Main. “Beyond Our Thresholds” is his second film (in collaboration with Rainer Brumme).