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The history of Germany from the end of the Second World War to the 1980s is told through the experiences and day to day life of one single family: the Freytags. From the economic boom of the 1950s to the youth rebellion of 1968 to East Berlin’s punk movement in the late 1970s and early 80s – these are a few of the episodes faces by Erich, his son Klaus and grandson Robert. As secondary characters, a lot of garden gnomes take up the scenes. An adaptation of the slightly autobiographical novel Herkunft, written by director Oskar Roehler himself.
Oskar Roehler
Born in 1959, in the Bavaria region of Germany. Son of acclaimed writers, he is also a writer and journalist. He began his career as a filmmaker in the mid-1990s, having made, among others, Silvester Countdown (1997); the highly awarded No Place to Go (2000), inspired by his mother’s last years; Angst (2003); Agnes and His Brothers (2994); The Elementary Particles (2006); and Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (2010).
