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Biermann

2026

A thoughtful, music-filled portrait that asks you to sit with a life lived at the centre of political history.

Directed by
Jens Meurer
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Wolf Biermann
Overview
Portrait of the German-German singer-songwriter and intellectual Wolf Biermann, whose famous Cologne concert in 1976 made German history.

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Directed by
Jens Meurer
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Wolf Biermann
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    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • politics
    • art
    • music
    • freedom
    • identity
    Places
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    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Jens Meurer
    Written by
    Dirk Kämper, Jens Meurer, Pamela Biermann
    Starring
    Wolf Biermann
    Cinematography
    Sebastian Ganschow
    Country
    Germany

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