HERR VON BOHLEN

The film tells the story of the last offspring of a powerful German family, whose cannons killed countless people in two world wars: Arndt von Bohlen and Halbach – the last Krupp. Unwill­ing to fulfill the expectations of both his family and their company, this homosexual industrialist’s son waived his inheritance of around three and a half billion marks. Or, to see it differently, was pushed into relinquish­ing a world dynasty because he was unable to lead it.

HERR VON BOHLEN allows some of Arndt’s contemporaries to have their say, blurring the line between fiction and “reality”. The film covers industrial history, war history and the history of how people thought – and about a tragic life which seemed so emotionally immature for the attacks it received.

Director

ANDRÉ SCHÄFER was born in 1966. His films include: LENIN ONLY GOT AS FAR AS LÜDENSCHEID (2008), PERRY RHODAN – PEACE­LORD OF THE UNIVERSE (2011), THE WORLD ACCORDING TO IRVING (2012), WILLY BRANDT – REMEMBERING A POLITICIAN (2013), DEUTSCHBODEN (2014), and HERR VON BOHLEN (2014).

André Schäfer photos © FLORIANFILM