Robert Thalheim
Biography
Robert Thalheim (born July 2nd, 1974 in Berlin) is a German stage and film director and screenwriter. Thalheim was an assistant director at the Berliner Ensemble in 1997/98 and then studied Modern German Literature, History and Politics at the Free University of Berlin until the year 2000, in which period he edited the first issues of the culture magazine Plotky. In 2000 he began to study film directing at the Filmhochschule Potsdam-Babelsberg. His teacher there was Rosa von Praunheim, who monitored his work on his first films. Robert Thalheim returned to the theatre in 2003, staging his own play, Wild Boys at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. In 2004 his debut film Netto was awarded the Art of Film Award at the Festival of German Film. In 2006 he finished his film for the diploma exam, And Along Come Tourists(Am Ende kommen Touristen), shot on location at Auschwitz. This documentary film, produced by Hans-Christian Schmid and Britta Knöller was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007 and was released in Germany in August 2007. (wikipedia)
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Makler im Frühjahr
Eleven moving dates, eight friends: Philipp, Wiebke, Jessica, Maria, Swantje, Michael, Thomas, Dina – all in their twenties and mutually lonesome. And always searching: For a new city, a new job, an own apartment, a new, or even an old love. The search is never-ending, and so they repeatedly find themselves at a ritual gathering: someone moving. Boxes are shifted from one side of Berlin to the other, or the length and breadth of Germany, from one abode to the next as one life is exchanged for another. In 3 ZIMMER/KÜCHE/BAD, director Dietrich Brüggemann portrays existences in which relationships, social networks and backdrops are in a constant state of flux; where best friends are the only, and therefore the most valuable constant. Humorous sketches of the self-conception of a generation for whom moving has become the symbol of a life on the go.
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
In this featurette, ART + COM members join the cast and crew of the show to discuss its factual basis and the development of the court case.
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Self
Five German directors celebrate the influence that famed filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has had on their careers in honor of his 70th birthday. After discussing Praunheim's inspiration, each protégé presents an original short drawn from the experience.