Max Jaap
Directing
Known For
Documentary on the master composer, from a GDR point of view.
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Botschafter des Friedens
Germany 1922 during the Weimar Republic: Foreign Minister Walther Rathenau signs the Treaty of Rapallo between Germany and the Soviet Union. German national, conservative forces then speak of betrayal and anti-Semitic tones become loud. Plans for murder Rathenaus are forged in the vicinity of the Freikorps. The young engineer Horst Bergmann learns about the preparations of the assassination attempt and tries to warn Rathenau.
Mord an Rathenau
Documentary short about the Leipzig Tradefair in 1946.
Leipziger Messe 1946
Three international students write letters home about their time in East Germany. Antonio Dega, a Cuban studying shipbuilding, writes home about the beauty of the Baltic Sea and studying in German. Julienne, from Togo, praises the training she is receiving in midwifery in Dresden. Mohammed Kasim, an Iraqi in Berlin, builds television sets for sale in the GDR.
Drei Briefe
Documentary about Berlin in the 1950s, from a GDR point of view.