Timeless: Pia Frankenberg

Pia Frankenberg's films are set away from clear certainties. What counts are not the statements about our world, but the world as it presents itself to us in its chaotic confusion. After two short films and two feature-length films, "Never Sleep Again", which was released in 1992, is her last feature film as a director for the time being. In retrospect, her films are characterized by the fact that they tell the story of their time without elevating themselves above the events and situations, the experiences of their protagonists. They are documents that have retained a topicality through the friction with the circumstances and in this find an approach that is as personal as it is political. SOONER shows all of her films.
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  • Ain't Nothin' Without You

    Ain't Nothin' Without You

    Comedy

    1985

    1h.28min

    12 FSK

    The German realities of the 80s, spontaneously captured with sarcastic wit and occasionally parodied to the point of absurdity.


  • Burning Beds

    Burning Beds

    Comedy, Romance

    1988

    1h.23min

    12 FSK

    Hamburg's housing shortage forces car inspector Gina and British pyromaniac Harry to move into the same apartment.


  • Der Anschlag

    Der Anschlag

    Shorts

    1984

    9min

    12 FSK

    A slap in the face as the ultimate answer to all your problems.


  • Sehnsucht nach dem ganz Anderen

    Sehnsucht nach dem ganz Anderen

    Shorts

    1981

    13min

    12 FSK

    A young woman roams through the night. On a train, she rummages through other people's luggage, seeking closeness to them in an unusual way.


  • Never Sleep Again

    Never Sleep Again

    Drama

    1992

    1h.32min

    12 FSK

    After a wedding party, three friends from Hamburg are stranded Berlin. A fast-paced odyssey through the urban wasteland of this once divided city.