Annette Baumeister

Annette Baumeister is a German filmmaker. She studied contemporary history, economic history, social history and German literature at the universities of Augsburg, Grenoble and Munich.

Stasi auf dem Schulhof (2012)

At the end of the GDR existence, around 8,000 children and young people were so-called "unofficial employees" of the State Security. They were approached and recruited in youth clubs, churches and schools. They were assumed to spy on their friends or report on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Baumeister
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At the end of the GDR existence, around 8,000 children and young people were so-called "unofficial employees" of the State Security. They were approached and recruited in youth clubs, churches and schools. They were assumed to spy on their friends or report on ...  (more)

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DIRECTION:  Annette Baumeister  •  Tamar Baumgarten
CAST:  Thomas Ney

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DIRECTION:  Annette Baumeister
CAST:  Jack Nicholson  •  Kathleen Turner  •  Henry Jaglom  •  Peter Segal

Erich Kästner – Das andere Ich (2016)

With "Emil and the Detectives" Erich Kästner is revolutionizing children's book literature. In the Weimar Republic, he quickly rose as an editor, writer and screenwriter. His books were burned in 1933. Nevertheless, he does not emigrate, published under a pseudonym ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Baumeister
CAST:  Matthias Bundschuh  •  Lisa Wagner  •  Clelia Sarto  •  Henriette Schmidt

With "Emil and the Detectives" Erich Kästner is revolutionizing children's book literature. In the Weimar Republic, he quickly rose as an editor, writer and screenwriter. His books were burned in 1933. Nevertheless, he does not emigrate, published under a pseudonym ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Baumeister
CAST:  Matthias Bundschuh  •  Lisa Wagner  •  Clelia Sarto  •  Henriette Schmidt

Frank Sinatra: The Voice of America (2015)

The story around Frank’s voice: Francis Albert Sinatra as a person, the man behind the winning smile. Where lies the key to his success? How and why Sinatra became a big star, an icon, a hero, who influenced an entire era?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Baumeister
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  Bob Anderson  •  Tom Dreesen  •  James Kaplan

The story around Frank’s voice: Francis Albert Sinatra as a person, the man behind the winning smile. Where lies the key to his success? How and why Sinatra became a big star, an icon, a hero, who influenced an entire era?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Baumeister
CAST:  Frank Sinatra  •  Bob Anderson  •  Tom Dreesen  •  James Kaplan

We Are Half The World (2018)

They were, at best mocked or ridiculed, at worst incarcerated, tortured, or even beheaded. But they would not be deterred. For decades ten thousands of women in Germany, Great Britain, in France, the U.S. and many other countries fought for their right to vote. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Baumeister  •  Carsten Gutschmidt
CAST:  Jeanette Hain  •  Angelina Häntsch  •  Johanna Gastdorf  •  Esther Schweins

They were, at best mocked or ridiculed, at worst incarcerated, tortured, or even beheaded. But they would not be deterred. For decades ten thousands of women in Germany, Great Britain, in France, the U.S. and many other countries fought for their right to vote. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Baumeister  •  Carsten Gutschmidt
CAST:  Jeanette Hain  •  Angelina Häntsch  •  Johanna Gastdorf  •  Esther Schweins

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DIRECTION:  Annette Baumeister  •  Natascha Walter
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The American Führer (2022)

The story of the fascist conman Fritz Julius Kuhn is as unknown as it is terrifying: Kuhn is a German immigrant who pretends to be Hitler’s deputy in the USA during the 1930s. He is at the top of the German-American Bund, a fascist organization of Americans of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Baumeister
CAST:  Angelika Bender

The story of the fascist conman Fritz Julius Kuhn is as unknown as it is terrifying: Kuhn is a German immigrant who pretends to be Hitler’s deputy in the USA during the 1930s. He is at the top of the German-American Bund, a fascist organization of Americans of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Annette Baumeister
CAST:  Angelika Bender