2008
38 min.
German
AEG says GO
A documentary film about former AEG workers in Nuremberg. The site was closed and most of the people stayed unemployed. 2008 the state theatre
decided to make a documentary theatre play with 15 former workers. This is a story about them and 3 other who decided to start a new business and became freelancers. Life goes on. Most of them are a bit nostalgic but positive at the same time.
Shown at the “Arbeitswoche” at the State theatre Nurnberg 2008
Director: Nataša von Kopp
Cinematographer: Wolfgang Busch
Editor: Sven Kulik
Produced by Sleeping Tiger
Formate: 16:9 – Mini DV
Die Wege der Frau U.
2007
15 min.
German
A short film about a woman devoted to the poor and lonely. Always on the road, searching for some lost souls.
A city project “Architecture and everydaylife”, 16. – 23. Juni 2007 and was projected on large screen attached on the theater Stuttgart.
Produced by Schauspielhaus Stuttgart
and the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Director & Animation: Nataša von Kopp
Cinematographer: Lars Drawert
Editor: Sven Kulik
Formate: 4:3 – Super 8, Mini DV
2005
30min.
Czech, Polish (with English or German subtitles)
Švejk is a creation of the Czech writer Jaroslav Hašek, and one can say that Švejk is by now more famous than his creator. The book „The good soldier Švejk“ was translated in more than 50 languages and is listed among the 100 books of “The New York Public Library’s Books of the Century”.
Švejk, the good soldier, is a famous character of world literature, kind of a Forrest Gump in WWI. Although he is officially declared an idiot he seems much more intelligent and wiser than the Habsburg officials. Where is the spirit of Švejk today? When you go east, people still read the book, quote it and sometimes even švejk around.
During our filming we were coming across this phenomenon in many ways. We not only talked to politicians such as Valdimír Špidla, by now the Ex-premier of Czech Republic and EC commissioner in Brussels, but also to people on the street and to Švejk experts. Hašek, the creator of Švejk, had his 121st birthday the 30th of April. And so while we were celebrating this anniversary we also celebrated the entrance to the EU which was actually the bigger event that same night. By means of a journey, inspired by a journey in the book, and by means of animation and interviews Švejk and his creator Hašek were revived. One of the experts says about Švejk: ¨ he is a kaleidoscope of life ¨ So is the film.
With:
Eero Balk, translator of Švejk into Finnish Dr. Milan Jankovic, writer and literary scholar Ing. Richard Hašek, grandchild of Jaroslav Hašek Leszek Mazan, writer Stanislac Moša, Direktor of the town theatre in Brno Karolina Neprašová, sculptor Erik Pardus, actor Dr. Petr Pithart, chairman of the Senate Dr. Radko Pytlík, writer and literary scholar ThDr. Jan Schwarz, Partriarch of the Czechoslovakian Husitic Church Dr. Vladimír Špidla, Ex-premier of the Czech Republic Massimo Tria, slavonicist from Italy And
Inhabitans of obec Putim and Cracow and Tourists in Prague
DVD available
Produced by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Cooperation with FAMU Prague
Director: Nataša von Kopp
Cinematograper: Jan Strnad
Editor: Pavel Kolaja
Sound: Katerina Pavlovsk·
Animation: Derek Roczen
Music: VladimÌr Martinka
Producer: Nataöa von Kopp, Martin Liebig
Formate: 16:9 – Digi-Beta, 16mm
2003
27 min.
German (with english subtitles)
The Tubist is a film about Klaus Burger, a tuba musician and composer who is working as a freelancer and whoís interests lie in new music. The film visually translates his fascination about music and portraits Klaus Burger as an innovative musician and as an independent personality.
Festival:
Jazzcorto 05
Produced at
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Director: Nataša von Kopp
Cinematographer: Lars Drawert
Editor: Katrin Reichwald
Producer: Bettina Morlock
Formate: 16:9 – Digi-Beta
Black&White Forest
2003
8 min.
A 8 minute short film about winter life in and around Kniebis situated in the black forest. Poetry of nature and machines.
Produced by Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Filmmaker: Holger Schönberger, Nataša von Kopp
Formate: 4:3 – 16mm