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JOHNNY & ME - A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME WITH JOHN HEARTFIELD

JOHNNY & ME - EINE ZEITREISE MIT JOHN HEARTFIELD

By Katrin ROTHE

DSCHOINT VENTSCHR FILMPRODUKTION - as PROD

Art - Culture - Completed 2023

Graphic designer Stefanie is going through a creative crisis. On a visit to a museum, she is magically drawn to the satirical photomontages of her world-famous colleague and Nazi opponent John Heartfield. Then the miracle happens.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Art - Culture, Historical, Animation
- Countries
- GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA
- Languages
- GERMAN
- Director(s)
- Katrin ROTHE
- Writer(s)
- Katrin ROTHE
- Cast
- Stephanie STREMLER
- Producer(s)
- Gunter HANFGARN (HANFGARN & UFER FILMPRODUKTION), Ralph WIESER (MISCHIEF FILMS)
- Synopsis
- Bertold Brecht called him one of the most important European artists. Rosa Luxemburg personally handed over the party book to the communist of the first hour in 1918. George Grosz and Kurt Tucholsky are among his closest friends and artistic companions. He gave himself an English name in protest against German warmongering. For the Nazis, however, the father of political photomontage John Heartfield quickly became one of the most dangerous enemies of the state. For years he is a fugitive in Europe, and later finds no safe home even in the socialist GDR.The graphic artist Stephanie, plagued by a creative crisis and self-doubt, is fascinated by John Heartfield's work, which she discovers in an exhibition. Through a time tunnel, she ends up in a studio where the artist, who has become a cartoon figure, takes her on a journey through his eventful life. A loving friendship develops between the two colleagues. And Stephanie takes up scissors and paper again.