World Heritage: The Castle and its Fortress
Welterbe: Das Schloss und seine Festung
COUNTRIES: Germany, Ghana YEAR: 2023 RUNTIME: 18 min
DIRECTED BY: Moritz Siebert
LANGUAGE(S): German, English
SUBTITLES: English
SCRIPT: Hanna Keller
PRODUCED BY: Hanna Keller
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Moritz Siebert
EDITED BY: Maja Tennstedt
SCREENINGS
SYNOPSIS
Director Moritz Siebert presents a poetic film essay that shows in a subtly satirical way what Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin and Friedrichsburg Fortress in Ghana, thousands of kilometers away, have to do with the essence of European colonialism.
Moritz Siebert
After studying medicine and cultural anthropology in Berlin, Moritz Siebert studied film at the National Film and Television School (NFTS) in the UK. Now he lives and works as a filmmaker and doctor in Berlin.
Belgrad Backspin (2005), My Name is Karl (2008), Long Distance (2009), Erntehelfer(2013), Les Sauteurs – Those Who Jump (2016), My New European Life (2019), Zahlvaterschaft (2021), Welterbe – das Schloss und seine Festung (2023)
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