Ein Film von Claudia Richarz, D 2023, 82 min
Die Verhältnisse sind veränderbar, und zwar durch Einsicht und selber denken: Warum ist, was ist?
Helke Sander
Helke Sander — sperrig, verführerisch und revolutionär — gehört zum Weltkulturerbe.
Weil ihr dauernd Steine in den Weg geworfen wurden, ist sie noch immer am Aufräumen.
Luise Pusch, Sprachwissenschaftlerin und Autorin
Helke Sander war eine echte Pionierin des Feminismus und Kämpferin für die Gleichstellung in unserer Branche. Sie hat politische Ziele schon formuliert, als viele von uns noch gar nicht daran dachten. Dass es jetzt diesen Film über sie gibt, ist toll und überfällig. Und über das Aufräumen ihr Leben zu erzählen, finde ich super.
Maren Kroymann, Schauspielerin, Kabarettistin & Sängerin
Die Regisseurin und Autorin HELKE SANDER ist eine Ikone nicht nur der Frauenbewegung, sondern auch des neuen deutschen Films. Historische Umwälzungen brauchen manchmal nur einen kleinen Impuls, der die versteinerten Verhältnisse plötzlich in Bewegung bringt. Helke Sander hat vor vielen Jahren eine solche erdrutschartige Veränderung in Deutschland ausgelöst.
Helke belongs to the filmmakers who changed cinema through their own inimitable style. That this important figure of German cinema is not mentioned outside certain circles is regrettable. Claudia Richarz’s sisterly and profound portrait creates a perspective that should make anyone interested in revolutionary, feminist cinema immediately seek out Sanders’s films. For where there is historical consciousness, there are lessons for the future, in their relative successes and failures. Richarz thoroughly follows Sander as she attempts to find the right question, in her life and work, finding many answers and even more questions embodied in the life of a historic figure in German cinema who is finally getting the recognition she deserves. One of the greatest women who ever lived, Rosa Luxemburg, once said, “You can only really understand people when you love them.” Here there is understanding, here there is love.
Watching the film was life changing. I do not exaggerate. Claudia Richarz’s extremely well-researched and conveyed documentary brought tears to my eyes, just thinking about all that Helke has done for women, cinema and the world.
Wonderful, sensitive and intimate movie. Great, precise images. A little gem that also depicts a piece of German history.
I like the intimate and vulnerable approach to Sander, which also shows her as a person and not just in the role of filmmaker and feminist. I really liked the holistic approach; the beach scene with her son, followed by the digression into her own war experiences. What this generation had to go through! Helke Sander’s unwavering form, whether young or now in her later years, her stoic manner is very impressive. She appears to the outside world as if she were keeping a secret.
Claudia Richarz’s movie is overwhelmingly good. It is such a beautiful, honorable, and deeply honest portrayal. Not only the content, but also the style, the “feel” of the movie has a lot of Helke Sander. And the historical material is fascinating. It seems to me to be exactly the right way to capture her person, her life’s work and her life (as far as such a thing is possible). At first I just wanted to take a quick look and couldn’t get away!
Ein Film von Claudia Richarz, D 2023, 82 min
Die Verhältnisse sind veränderbar, und zwar durch Einsicht und selber denken: Warum ist, was ist?
Helke Sander
Helke Sander — sperrig, verführerisch und revolutionär — gehört zum Weltkulturerbe.
Weil ihr dauernd Steine in den Weg geworfen wurden, ist sie noch immer am Aufräumen.
Luise Pusch, Sprachwissenschaftlerin und Autorin
Helke Sander war eine echte Pionierin des Feminismus und Kämpferin für die Gleichstellung in unserer Branche. Sie hat politische Ziele schon formuliert, als viele von uns noch gar nicht daran dachten. Dass es jetzt diesen Film über sie gibt, ist toll und überfällig. Und über das Aufräumen ihr Leben zu erzählen, finde ich super.
Maren Kroymann, Schauspielerin, Kabarettistin & Sängerin
Die Regisseurin und Autorin HELKE SANDER ist eine Ikone nicht nur der Frauenbewegung, sondern auch des neuen deutschen Films. Historische Umwälzungen brauchen manchmal nur einen kleinen Impuls, der die versteinerten Verhältnisse plötzlich in Bewegung bringt. Helke Sander hat vor vielen Jahren eine solche erdrutschartige Veränderung in Deutschland ausgelöst.
Helke belongs to the filmmakers who changed cinema through their own inimitable style. That this important figure of German cinema is not mentioned outside certain circles is regrettable. Claudia Richarz’s sisterly and profound portrait creates a perspective that should make anyone interested in revolutionary, feminist cinema immediately seek out Sanders’s films. For where there is historical consciousness, there are lessons for the future, in their relative successes and failures. Richarz thoroughly follows Sander as she attempts to find the right question, in her life and work, finding many answers and even more questions embodied in the life of a historic figure in German cinema who is finally getting the recognition she deserves. One of the greatest women who ever lived, Rosa Luxemburg, once said, “You can only really understand people when you love them.” Here there is understanding, here there is love.
Watching the film was life changing. I do not exaggerate. Claudia Richarz’s extremely well-researched and conveyed documentary brought tears to my eyes, just thinking about all that Helke has done for women, cinema and the world.
Wonderful, sensitive and intimate movie. Great, precise images. A little gem that also depicts a piece of German history.
I like the intimate and vulnerable approach to Sander, which also shows her as a person and not just in the role of filmmaker and feminist. I really liked the holistic approach; the beach scene with her son, followed by the digression into her own war experiences. What this generation had to go through! Helke Sander’s unwavering form, whether young or now in her later years, her stoic manner is very impressive. She appears to the outside world as if she were keeping a secret.
Claudia Richarz’s movie is overwhelmingly good. It is such a beautiful, honorable, and deeply honest portrayal. Not only the content, but also the style, the “feel” of the movie has a lot of Helke Sander. And the historical material is fascinating. It seems to me to be exactly the right way to capture her person, her life’s work and her life (as far as such a thing is possible). At first I just wanted to take a quick look and couldn’t get away!