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Adaptation of "Der Prinz von Homburg"; recorded at the Bavarian State Opera.
Jun 1994
The story of the fascist conman Fritz Julius Kuhn is as unknown as it is terrifying: Kuhn is a German immigrant who pretends to be Hitler’s deputy in the USA during the 1930s. He is at the top of the German-American Bund, a fascist organization of Americans of German origin. The followers of this association march in goose-step with swastika flags and in Nazi-uniforms thru New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles. They gather in thousands in stadiums and sing the Horst-Wessel-song.
Jun 2022
When beloved Chicago movie cameraman Allen Ross' personality dramatically changed and he mysteriously disappeared, his many filmmaking friends refused to give up on finding him. Their 4 year cross-country search and the hideous conspiracy they uncovered was made into this deeply personal documentary by his German friend and colleague Christian Bauer. Ross was a co-founder of Chicago Filmmakers.
Mar 2002
Wife of the famous Oskar Schindler, recognized as "Righteous Among the Nations", Emilie Schindler also worked hard to save Jews. Portrait of a heroine in the shadows, forgotten by history.
May 2024
"Condemned as Nazis - Germans in American Camps" sheds light on a dark chapter of World War II that is still persistently ignored by American politics: the fate of German-American families in American internment camps.
Jul 2008