A life dedicated to decay. Johannes Weigelt (1890–1948) was a palaeontologist, a dilettante photographer, a Nazi, all of it fervent. This essay is dedicated to the pioneer of taphonomy – sober and at the same time exciting in form. Three image fields are filled with changing content: black and white documents of fields of animal carcasses, a snapshot with Göring, text panels, artful photomontages. They all charge one another, containing a vibrantly shimmering biography fossilised in images.
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Ana Maria Gomes Director · Sasha Donkan Editor
First release October 18, 2022 · Produced in Netherlands
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Netherlands
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English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Germany · October 18, 2022
Limited theatrical · DOK Leipzig 2022
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Germany
October 19, 2022 · Theatrical
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