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Auf der Suche nach Heilern

2014 · 83 min

A wry, curious old man wanders among healers and gurus, half-skeptical and half-hopeful, inviting you to ponder belief and the body.

Directed by
Rosa von Praunheim
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jürgen Fliege, Zhi Gang Sha, Anselm Grün
Overview
“I am a hypochondriac”, admits Rosa Von Praunheim, the icon of the gay movement, right at the beginning at the film. The director, who turned seventy in 2012, is afraid of cancer, and he actually suffers from glaucoma, with osteoarthritis in his big toe. Von Praunheim is interested in alternative medicine and goes on a foray into the scene.

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Directed by
Rosa von Praunheim
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Jürgen Fliege, Zhi Gang Sha, Anselm Grün
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  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • healing
  • aging
  • identity
  • science
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Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror1
Humour4
Realism9
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Rosa von Praunheim
Written by
Markus Tiarks, Rosa von Praunheim
Starring
Jürgen Fliege, Zhi Gang Sha, Anselm Grün
Cinematography
Dennis Pauls, Nicolai Zörn
Runtime
83 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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