Erik Lemke

Erik Lemke's films provide puzzle pieces that make up our society. Be it the closed world of homeopathic dogmatics in HOMÖOPATHIE UNWIDERLEGT?, the microcosm of an aged tenement in BERLIN EXCELSIOR or the confinement of an apartment in MICH VERMISST KEINER!. His protagonists assert themselves confidently and not without wit. For example Evi, who has not only lost several limbs over the years, but also her friends. Past and present merge into one another. And the future? "I am somehow impossible to get dead. Unclear!" Their laughter is contagious. Together with docfilm42, Erik Lemke presents films that need special support due to their precarious production conditions.
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  • Homeopathy Unrefuted?

    Homeopathy Unrefuted?

    2021

    1h.26min

    0 FSK

    Is homeopathy a hoax or medicine? Here, homeopaths are allowed to share their very different views.


  • Acasă

    Acasă

    2020

    1h.26min

    16+

    In the wilderness of the Bucharest Delta, a family lives in perfect harmony with nature for 20 years until being chased out.


  • Coran-Children

    Coran-Children

    2009

    1h.29min

    16+

    Children have to memorize 6,234 Koran verses by heart, 12 hours/day for two years to become a "hafiz". This is life in the Koran schools, the madrasas


  • After the Future

    After the Future

    2017

    47min

    16+

    Gay left-wing activist and disaster relief volunteer Ortwin Passon navigates between a military-like bourgeois world and wild sex parties.


  • No One Misses Me!

    No One Misses Me!

    2016

    28min

    16+

    Filmmaker Erik Lemke (BERLIN EXCELSIOR) portrays his great-aunt Evelin: she was born a man, in a country that no longer exists.


  • Meuthen's Party

    Meuthen's Party

    2017

    1h.32min

    12

    Follow Jörg Meuthen, candidate for Germany's right-wing party AFD, on his election tour 2016.


  • Character One: Susan

    Character One: Susan

    2020

    1h.24min

    16 FSK

    Susan is a glamorous train wreck: a delusional drug-addict and psychotic who compares herself to the likes of Maria Callas and Romy Schneider.


  • Berlin Excelsior

    Berlin Excelsior

    2018

    1h.27min

    0 FSK

    The anonymous Berlin concrete building "Excelsior" is only a temporary stop for its residents, yet some have been living there for more than 50 years.


  • Europe – She Loves

    Europe – She Loves

    2016

    1h.40min

    16+

    Crises, grievances, fear of the future and hope: eight young people search for their place in society in various European countries.


  • It's All About The Price

    It's All About The Price

    2015

    1h.12min

    0 FSK

    The tragic-comic end of a hardware store in the province. The last employees experience the closing week with a raised head and a lot of anger.


  • Night Shifts

    Night Shifts

    2010

    1h.37min

    16+

    A documentary set in Berlin about people who do things nighttime.