Der Sog des Krieges - Eine Familiengeschichte

/ Cinema Quadrat / Movie / german / 15+ yrs / 

His father's diary entries and letters from his mother took the filmmaker to places in Belgium, France, Tunisia, Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, where his father was deployed as a Wehrmacht officer from 1942 to 1945. Images of the original locations merge with the father's texts to create haunting inside views of the war and its destructive power on the soul. In 2017, Boekel and his brothers speak for the first time about the profound impact this war had on their family and their lives. Wars leave traces in people's souls that last for generations.

Production: Baum-Film / Coin Film 2020 in Co-Production with ZDF 3sat (Red. Udo Bremer)Cinema documentary 119 minutes with support from: Beauftragte des Bundes für Kultur und Medien (BKM) and Robert-Bosch-Stiftung Written and directed by: Christoph Boekel Camera: Axel Brandt, Hans Albrecht Lusznat  Music: Mathis Nitschke Assembly: Thomas Balkenhol

Sponsored by: Beauftragte des Bundes für Kultur und Medien (BKM) and Robert-Bosch-Stiftung.

Christoph Boekel is a director, author and producer of documentary films who frequently deals with the subject of war in his numerous films. He graduated from the Munich University of Television and Film and was a co-founder of the Documentary Film Working Group and the Munich International Documentary Film Festival.

Photos: from the family archive of Christoph Boekel