Garden of Stars

Documentary about the first German "cemetery of the star children" where stillborn children and AIDS victims are buried. A portrait of an unusual patch of earth. Once upon a time there was an old Berlin cemetery where the Brothers Grimm found their last rest. Ichgola Androgyn runs Germany's first cemetery café. He also organizes burials for stillborn babies. In this cemetery there is a special memorial: the "Garden of the Star Children". A beautiful field where parents find a final resting place for a lost child. Nearby are the graves of many men who had died of AIDS. In the most colorful cemetery in Germany, life is celebrated with all its riddles and beauty. A fairy tale journey.

Keywords

  • Made in Germany
  • missingFILMs
  • Spirituality
  • Topic: Mental Health
  • achtung berlin – new berlin film award
  • Berlin
  • death
  • family
  • Mental Health
  • mourning
  • urban living

Actors

  • Zazie de Paris

Director

  • Pasquale Plastino
  • Stéphane Riethauser

Documentary, Queer


1h 1min


0 FSK

DE

Germany
2016
The first "Cemetery of Stars" in Germany is located in an old cemetery where the Brothers Grimm lie.

The first "Cemetery of Stars" in Germany is located in an old cemetery where the Brothers Grimm lie.


Documentary about the first German "cemetery of the star children" where stillborn children and AIDS victims are buried. A portrait of an unusual patch of earth.


Once upon a time there was an old Berlin cemetery where the Brothers Grimm found their last rest. Ichgola Androgyn runs Germany's first cemetery café. He also organizes burials for stillborn babies. In this cemetery there is a special memorial: the "Garden of the Star Children". A beautiful field where parents find a final resting place for a lost child. Nearby are the graves of many men who had died of AIDS. In the most colorful cemetery in Germany, life is celebrated with all its riddles and beauty. A fairy tale journey.

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