Synopsis
With his unique documentary style, multiple award-winning director Andreas Dresen is considered an anomaly among contemporary film directors. Through interviews with Dresen and some of his important collaborators such as Axel Prahl, Inka Friedrich and Thorsten Merten, this portrait traces the course of the director's career. Dresen delves into the archives of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, and discovers previously unseen photos from productions of his father Adolf Dresen from the 1960s and 70s. As a child, Dresen often observed his father at work in the theatre. Scenes of Andreas Dresen directing and editing his most recent film "Whisky and Vodka" and directing "Kasimir and Karoline" on stage illuminate why he, like his father before him, is a director who drives his actors to top performances.But music is Dresen's secret passion. As the singer and guitarist at a tribute concert for the late singer/songwriter Gundermann in Berlin, he reveals his youthful dream: if things hadn't worked out in film, he would have loved to have become a musician.
