The film tells the fictional story of an inheritance in far-off America. Twenty cases from New York. Case of German immigrants, who found refuge in America during the dark Nazi period. Now, now inherits Udo Lindenberg bags and takes them on the ocean liner QE II to Germany, to Europe, back into the world. And in each case: a song demo, yellowed text fragments, torn note sketches, testimonies of the Jewish-German cultural metropolis of Berlin in the twenties. He is accompanied proves the crossing from Ellen ten Damme, Horst Buchholz, Helge Schneider and Others Lindenberg, the compositions and songs by Kurt Weill, Friedrich Hollaender, Marlene Dietrich, the Comedian Harmonists, Hanns Eisler, Bertolt Brecht and others, which at that time as " degenerate "were regarded, even today are still new, modern interpretation of the rousing appeal and relevance. The story ends in a spectacular show with new Udo Lindenberg, the panic Orchestra, The Prince, Tim Fischer, Otto Sander, Ellen ten Damme Others with the music (and literature) of German immigrants, who were in the 30s forced racial, religious and political reasons, into exile in America.
Atlantic Affairs - Backstage:
Cast:
Udo Lindenberg, Horst Buchholz, Ellen ten Damme, Heinz Hoenig, Natalia Dorra, Helge Schneider, Otto Sander, Yvonne Catterfeld, Die Prinzen, Tim Fischer, Panikorchester and others
Written by: |
Nils Willbrandt, Hark Bohm |
Directed by: |
Nils Willbrandt, Hark Bohm |
Director of Photography: |
Georgij Pestov |
Sound: |
Corinna Zink, Shide Makkynejad |
Costume design: |
Ing-Marie Grimmer |
Set design: |
Marc Peschka |
Make-up: |
Birgit Sieck |
Edited by: |
Lars Jordan |
Production Manager: |
Jörg-Uwe Tinkl |
Executive Producer: |
Andreas Knoblauch |
Head of Production: |
Ulrich Lenze |
TV Editor: |
Jörg Sonntag (Radio Bremen) |
Produced for: |
Radio Bremen 2002 |
