Andreas Dresen

director

in Gera, East Germany.

Famous Films (selection):

• WOLKE 9 (2008)
• HALBE TREPPE (2002)
• NACHTGESTALTEN (1999)

• IRA SACHS
  on ECONOMY
• MARGARET MÉNÉGOZ
  on TRUST
• HANS HELMUT PRINZLER
  on MEMORY
• MATHILDE BONNEFOY
  on TRUTH
• PETER GREENAWAY
  on PAINTING
• BETTINA BÖHLER
  on CONFIDENCE
• WOLFGANG BECKER
  on MUSIC
• KARIM AïNOUZ
  on MELANCHOLIA
• HANNA SCHYGULLA
  on DREAMS
• KELLY REICHARDT
  on YEARNING
• BENJAMIN HEISENBERG
  on PRECISION
• STEFAN RUZOWITZKY
  on the EVIL
• CHRISTIAN BERGER
  on DISTANCE
• ALAIN GUIRAUDIE
  on DESIRE
• THOMAS ARSLAN
  on ADVENTURE
• JACQUES DOILLON
  on FEELINGS
• DENIS CÔTÉ
  on SILENCE
• PABLO LARRAÍN
  on HISTORY
• MARGARETHE VON TROTTA
  on COURAGE
• ULRICH SEIDL
  on PARADISE
• URSULA MEIER
  on SPEED
• HANS-CHRISTIAN SCHMID
  on STORYTELLING
• OLIVER HERMANUS
  on OBSESSION
• YORGOS LANTHIMOS
  on FAMILY
• MICHAEL GLAWOGGER
  on TRAVELLING
• AGNÈS GODARD
  on PERSPECTIVES
• BENEDIKT SCHIEFER
  on SOUND
• BEKI PROBST
  on SUCCESS
• JAMES BENNING
  on TIME
• JAN KRÜGER
  on DESIRE
• ANGELINA MACCARONE
  on EYES
• ULRIKE OTTINGER
  on PLACES
• ARTHUR COHN
  on PRODUCING
• CHARLOTTE RAMPLING
  on LOOKS
• MARIN KARMITZ
  on COLLECTING
• CHRISTINE VACHON
  on HEROES
• CHRISTOPH HOCHHÄUSLER
  on ARCHITECTURE
• WIELAND SPECK
  on FESTIVALS
• XAVIER DOLAN
  on IMAGINATION
• CAM ARCHER
  on STILLNESS
• HAPPY NEW YEAR
  CINEPHILE NEW YEAR GREETINGS
• TOM TYKWER
  on CHANCE
• Special Issue #1
  FILM and LITERATURE
• "JOE" WEERASETHAKUL
  on MEMORY
• NIKI REISER
  on COMPOSING
• SHIRIN NESHAT
  on ART and POWER
• HARRIS SAVIDES
  on BEAUTY
• PETER PRZYGODDA
  on EDITING
• JESSICA HAUSNER
  on IMAGES and MEANING
• DOMINIK GRAF
  on TELEVISION
• ANGELA SCHANELEC
  on SPACES
• ANDRES VEIEL
  on DOCUMENTARIES
• MICHAEL HANEKE
  on VIOLENCE
• AGNÈS VARDA
  on POETRY
• HARUN FAROCKI
  on MATERIAL
• DANI LEVY
  on HUMOUR
• WIM WENDERS
  on PHOTOGRAPHY
• CATHERINE BREILLAT
  on INTIMACY
• ANDREAS DRESEN
  on AUTHENTICITY
• ISABELLA ROSSELLINI
  on SEX
• CHRISTIAN PETZOLD
  on COMMUNICATION
• MIKE LEIGH
  on THEATRE
• JONATHAN CAOUETTE
  on CINEPHILIA
• MICHAEL ALTHEN
  on REMEMBERING
• BRUCE LA BRUCE
  on PERVERSION
• KEN LOACH
  on POLITICAL CINEMA
• GUY MADDIN
  on MEMORY

ANDREAS DRESEN on AUTHENTICITY

Andreas Dresen has picked up the difficulties between East Germany and West Germany in various ways and is now well known for his keen sense of characters and dramtical turns. In our interview he discussed the term “authenticity“ and explained his idea of a cinema that can wake up the audience in a way Bertolt Brecht did.

ANDREAS DRESEN über AUTHENTIZITÄT

Andreas Dresen hat sich den Schwierigkeiten zwischen Ost und West Deutschland auf verschiedenen Weisen angenommen. Auch ist Dresen für seinen ausgeprägten Sinn für Charaktere und seine dramatischen Wendungen bekannt. In unserem Interview erläutert er den Begriff "Authentizität" und erklärte seine Idee wie Kino die Zuschauer aufweckt so wie es Berthold Brecht tat.

Zum Essay: Nach dem Vorhang, die Wahrheit.