TV Documentary, 90 mins, 2018 (BR, MDR, SWR, ORF, BMBWF)
Director: Stefan Ludwig
Faith, life, death – People in the Thirty Years’ War
The Thirty Years’ War, the last great religious conflict in Europe, began 400 years ago. On the surface, it was a war between Catholics and Protestants, but in reality it was a complex drama related to power, territory and vested interests that involved all of Europe but had a particularly disastrous impact on Germany. To many, the Thirty Years’ War bears some striking similarities to the current conflicts in the Middle East, combining weak social structures, ruthless warlords and external powers with an interest in maintaining strife between different religious confessions. Is the Islamic world currently in the grip of a similar war to that which once tore Europe apart?
The docu-drama “Faith, Life, Death – People in the Thirty Years’ War” explores the fates of five individuals from all walks of life who lived during, suffered through or even financed the conflict. From bankers to mercenaries, these people really existed. Their stories are re-constructed using diaries and other historical sources and brought to life in narrative re-enactments.
Reviews
Süddeutsche Zeitung, 24. Juni 2018
FAZ, 25. Juni 2018
Credits
Writer & Director
Stefan Ludwig
Camera
Thomas Beckmann
Editor
Robert Zapletal
Music
Thomas Kathriner
Assistant Director
Alice Stengl
Sound Recordist
Andreas Scheurer
Motion Graphics
Pipe Digital Art Studio
Production Design
Désirée Salvador-Schlegel
Props
Peter Suchy
Wardrobe
Markus Kuscher
Make-up
Valerie Rossacher
Karin Ruthardt
Narrators
Adele Neuhauser
Cornelius Obonya
Technical Support
Nicola Stampfer
Lukas Roucka
Unit Production Manager
Philipp Sklorz
Production Manager
Andrea Minauf
Line Producer
Karin Watabe-Wolfger
Producer
Michael Cencig
Consultants
Andreas Weigl
Wolfgang Horak
Actors
Daniel Kamen Hans de Witte
Raphael von Bargen Jeremias Drexel
Katharina Haudum Marta Küzinger
Julian Sigl Lukas Küzinger
Robert Zimmermann Peter Hagendorf
Monika Bujinski Klara Staiger
Maria Spanring Anna Hagendorf
Archives
Historisches Archiv ORF
Screenocean/Reuters
picturedesk.com
Leeds Museums/Bridgeman Images
Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Wien
Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, München
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München
bpk-Bildagentur
Thanks to
Burg Kreuzenstein
Weinviertler Museumsdorf Niedersulz GmbH
Category
TV-DOCUDRAMA