Category: Film Music
No other opinion former has ever caused as much controversy in Germany as the publisher Axel Springer from Hamburg. On the occasion of his 100th birthday on the 2nd of May, 2012, the three award-winning authors Sebastian Dehnhardt, Manfred Oldenburg and Jobst Knigge (in collaboration with the public broadcasting stations ARTE and ZDF) take a look back and create a portrayal of one of Germany's most controversial but also most influential celebrities. The birthday is reason enough to look at Axel Springer's life and legacy from different angles.
Axel Springer with his complex character, his great visions and his very own unique way to polarise, he has become a staple of the German contemporary history. In order to do this extraordinary personality justice, more than a sentence will be necessary. - The film is still available in Internet and Mediathek and streamed very often.
Duration: 90 minutes
Introduction: Drei Leben: Axel Springer
Verleger - Feindbild - Privatmann
Three Lives: Axel Springer
Publisher - Enemy - Private Man
No other opinion former has ever caused as much controversy in Germany as the publisher Axel Springer from Hamburg. On the occasion of his 100th birthday on the 2nd of May, 2012, the three award-winning authors Sebastian Dehnhardt, Manfred Oldenburg and Jobst Knigge (in collaboration with the public broadcasting stations ARTE and ZDF) take a look back and create a portrayal of one of Germany's most controversial but also most influential celebrities. The birthday is reason enough to look at Axel Springer's life and legacy from different angles.
Axel Springer with his complex character, his great visions and his very own unique way to polarise, he has become a staple of the German contemporary history. In order to do this extraordinary personality justice, more than a sentence will be necessary. With „Drei Leben: Axel Springer“, the three authors search for clues to create a true profile of the publisher, the enemy and the private man.
First broadcast: Tue, 1st of May 2012, 20h15, ARTE.
Further broadcast: Wed, 2nd of May 2012, 00h45, ZDF.
Press | Press Kit
Length of 1 x 90 '
year 2012
Genre Documentary
HDTV 16:9 format
Directed by Sebastian Dehnhardt, Jobst Knigge,
Manfred Oldenburg
Arte | ZDF
Additional remarks: Festive award ceremony for the 45th 'Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis' - awarded by Federal Minister Dr. Philipp Rösler in Berlin
On the 25th of September, 2012 on the occasion of the 45th 'Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis', Federal Minister for Economics and Technology, Dr. Philipp Rösler, presented the award for the best movie, as well as the best amateur movie of the contest. Furthermore, Federal Minister Rösler presented awards for the best movies in the four categories of the contest.
In 2012, the 'Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis' took place for the 45th time, organised by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The Federal Office for Economics and Export Controls (Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle) was the responsible agency for this contest.
1st awardee 2012:
category I
1st prize: "Drei Leben: Axel Springer" (Three Lives: Axel Springer)
Ordered by: ZDF arte
Produced by: Broadview TV
Developed by: Sebastian Dehnhardt, Manfred Oldenburg, Jobst Knigge
Film score (72 minutes): Enjott Schneider
Movie: 2012
Movie directed by: Sebastian Dehnhardt, Manfred Oldenburg, Jobst Knigge
Movie produced by: broadview-tv Köln
Performers in movie: 80 minutes of film music for a 90-minute film, in celebration of the 100th birthday of Hamburg publisher Axel Springer, on the 2nd of May 2012.
