Barbara Metzlaff

In May 1968, no one passes him by: day and night, Peter Ernst Eiffe, who grew up in a Hanseatic family, is on the road in Hamburg with the felt-tip pen and covers toilets, traffic signs, mailboxes with his sayings. Presumably he is the first graffiti tagger in Germany. Highlight of his career: He drives a Fiat Topolino into the Wandelhalle of the main station and proclaims the "Free Republic of Eiffe". Forcibly admitted to psychiatry, he founded the party »Eiffe Brothers«. Christmas 1983 he escapes from the institution and is found frozen months later. In the 1990s, the filmmaker Christian Bau and Artur Dieckhoff began to deal with Eiffe.

In April 1992, ultra-orthodox Jews of the Athra-Kadisha came to Hamburg to demonstrate against the final destruction of the Jewish cemetery. The cemetery, where bones still lie, was to be built on with a shopping centre. The film shows the history of this Jewish cemetery, recalls the former Jewish community in Altona and gives an insight into Jewish religious life and culture.

The small fishing village of Amble by the Sea on the Scottish North Sea coast is struggling with harsh living conditions and dwindling job opportunities. One day, they notice a dolphin feasting on the salmon and instead of moving on, he simply stays on the coast near the fishing village. He is soon christened Freddie and becomes a tourist attraction. Is this the turning point for Amble by the Sea?

At the beginning of cinematography were a variety of devices and inventions that produced animated images. They meet me today as a colorful group of plastic in the souvenir shop or chewing gum machine. This survival story is documented in the installation “Zu Hundert Jahre Film”; the film documents this installation.

In 1995, filmmaker Jens Huckeriede and camerawoman Barbara Metzlaff together with Arne Gleiss go to the former Papagoyen neighborhood on Breiten Straße near the Hamburg fish market. With the help of writing stencils they write the lyrics of the song "An de Eck steiht`n Jung mit`n Tüdelband ..." on the sidewalk. Residents take a position on this, there are voices for, but also against. A passerby remembers the song of the Wolf brothers and sings the first verse.

A tribute to the players of the most successful football club in the Soviet Union, which rose to the European football elite in the 1970s with two international cups. The "dream eleven from the East" chased opposing teams across the lawn and surprised with a fast, offensive game. Western journalists wrote enthusiastically about the "football of the 21st century". Century". The players of the "Red Orchestra" were stars and were revered as heroes in their homeland. Today the players are around 50, their club has become a joint stock company, and some of the old footballers are still kicking in the veteran eleven.

On the North Sea coast, between the port city of Newcastle and the Scottish border, lies the town of Amble by the Sea. Long, almost untouched beaches, very cold water, rain, few lucrative jobs, a fishing industry in decline, humor, a thick dialect, friendly people. An English region that is being abandoned. Four years ago, fishermen spotted a dolphin near the coast. It was early summer, salmon season. The dolphin found plenty of food and stayed. Children named him Freddie. He made the place famous, and Amble became a tourist destination. Northern England, 1991, a visit to Amble by the Sea above and below the water.