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The City Named Desire

Sehnsucht Berlin

2009
Germany
Documentary
92 min.
Location shooting / Berlin story line

short description

City portrait from the view of artists visiting Berlin through the DAAD sponsorship programme.

Direction

Director: Peter Zach

Writing

Screenplay: Peter Zach

Camera & Light

Director of photography: Thomas Plenert; Peter Zach

Assistant camera / focus puller: Golo Jahn; Frank Ullmann

colour matching: Jakob Wehrmann

Decor

Title: Dan Neiss

Cutting & Mixing

Editing: Anna Vanessa Cussen

Sound design: Christian Wilmes

Music

Music: David Moss; Arvo Pärt; Liza Lim; Clemens Gadenstätter

Production

Producer: Jana Cisar

Location manager: Aya Kouamé (Motive)

Companies

Production company: PZF-Produktion; Jana Cisar Filmproduktion

Filminfos

shooting period: 5/10/2007 – 12/20/2007

premiere: 3/22/2009

Format: HD; 1,78:1; color; stereo

language: german

Film Infos: IMdB; filmportal; wikipedia

register & tags

Tags: Art

Connected Films

features: Das Schlesische Tor [1983]

Shooting Locations see on map

Location shooting: Märchenbrunnen (Andrew Horn Interview); Geraer- corner Zerbster Straße (Arvo & Eleonora Pärt Interview); Käuzchensteig 8 (Paul Nizon Atelier); DeutschlandRadio (Antonio Skármeta Interview); Schöneberg Train Station (David Moss Interview); Sachsendamm (David Moss Interview); Ceciliengärten (Clemens Gadenstätter Interview); Varziner Platz (David Moss Interview); Elisabeth church (Liza Lim Interview); Strausberger Platz (Andrew Horn Interview); Versöhnungskirche (Péter Nádas Interview); Hauptbahnhof (Petr Borkovec Interview); Zur Quelle Bar (Yuri Andrukhovych Interview); Academy of the Arts (Peter Nestler Interview); Sony Center (Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven Interview); Berliner Wall memorial (Péter Nádas Interview); Oberbaum bridge (Clemens Klopfenstein Interview); Curry 36 (Clemens Klopfenstein Interview); Hebbel am Ufer Theatre (David Moss Interview); Berlinische Galerie (Music Total Meeting 2007); Gröbenufer (Clemens Klopfenstein Interview); Schlesisches Tor (Clemens Klopfenstein Interview); Hufelandstraße (Antonio Skármeta Interview); A-Trane Jazzclub (Antonio Skármeta Interview); Carmerstraße 9 (Autoren Buchhandlung); Savignyplatz (Antonio Skármeta Interview); Kant-Café (Petr Borkovec Interview); Stuttgarter Platz (Yuri Andrukhovych Interview); Field Station Teufelsberg (Jury Andruchowytsch Interview); Rathenauplatz (Clemens Klopfenstein Interview); Anklamer Straße 49 (Stephen Wilks flat); Max Liebermann House (reading); Daadgalerie (Kerckhoven & Ortega exhibitions); Galerie Kai Hilgemann (Stephen Wilks exhibition); Terzomondo (Kostas Papanastasiou meets Antonio Skármeta); Estoninan Embassy (Arvo Pärt concert); Lansstraße 10 (Liza Lim Concert); Helmstedter Straße (Kerckhoven & Ortega flats)