Rüdiger Sünner

Rüdiger Sünner (* 1953 in Cologne ) is a German book author and documentary filmmaker .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1970, he studied musicology , German and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin and also played in various rock groups. In 1985 he wrote his thesis on the art and philosophy of Theodor W. Adorno and Friedrich Nietzsche . This dissertation was published in 1986 under the name Aesthetic Scientism Criticism: on the relationship between art and science in Nietzsche and Adorno by Lang Verlag. From 1986 to 1991 he studied at the German Film and Television Academy (DFFB) in Berlin . He lives as a book author, film producer and musician in Berlin. He became known for his film about right esotericism ("Black Sun").

Fonts

• Secret Europe: Traveling to a Hidden Spiritual Heritage. Europa-Verlag, Berlin a. a. 2017, ISBN 978-3-95890-082-0
• Show your wound: art and spirituality with Joseph Beuys; a search for clues. Europa-Verlag, Berlin a. a. 2015, ISBN 978-3-944305-88-2
• Death ship and star castle. Travel to mythical places in Europe . Drachen-Verlag, Klein Jasedow 2004 (= Edition Hagia Chora), ISBN 3-927369-09-8 . (With etchings by Christine Klie)
• Black sun. Unleashing and abuse of the myths in National Socialism and right esotericism . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1999, ISBN 3-451-27186-9 . 2nd edition 2001 (= Herder Spectrum Vol. 5205), ISBN 3-451-05205-9 ; extended edition Drachen-Verlag, Klein Jasedow 2009, ISBN 978-3-927369-44-3 , with DVD
• Aesthetic scientism criticism: On the relationship between art and science in Nietzsche and Adorno. Diss. Free Univ. Berlin 1986, Berlin Contributions to the Modern History of German Literature Vol. 10, Lang, Frankfurt / Bern / New York 1986, ISBN 978-3-8204-9162-3

Movies

• God's scattered sparks - Jewish mysticism by Paul Celan , D 2016, 67 min.
• Show your wound - art and spirituality with Joseph Beuys . D 2015. 85 min.
• Mysticism and Resistance - Dorothee Sölle , D 2013, 70 min; with Antje Vollmer , Fulbert Steffensky , Margot Käßmann and others
• Night Sea Trips - A Journey into Psychology by CG Jung , D 2011, 79 min.
• The creative universe - natural science and spirituality in dialogue , Germany 2010, 60 min.
• The adventure of anthroposophy - Rudolf Steiner and his effects , D 2007, 110 min.
• Secret Germany - A Journey to the Spirituality of Early Romanticism , D 2006, 60 min.
• The tree of life. In the footsteps of Dag Hammarskjöld in Lapland , D 2004, 70 min.
• Black Sun - Mythological Backgrounds of National Socialism , D 1996/97
• Der Nachlass , D 1994, 94 min., TV film (arte)
• The legend of the Nile - In the footsteps of Paul Klee in Egypt , D 1991, 61 min.
• Ultima Thule , D 1989, 53 min., Feature film

Web links

• Literature by and about Rüdiger Sünner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Rüdiger Sünner's website
• Recognize the inside in the outside. Interview by Matthias Fersterer with Rüdiger Sünner. In: Oya . 46/2017.
• Thomas Fix: Rüdiger Sünner: The film mystic . Friday , December 16, 2017.
• Interview from the magazine "News & Stories" on the subject of "Black Sun"
• Rüdiger Sünner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Wild inspiration. Interview by Matthias Fersterer with Rüdiger Sünner. In: Oya . 53/2019.
• Rüdiger Sünner at filmportal.de
• Rüdiger Sünner at Discogs (English)

Footnotes

1. ^ Rüdiger Sünner: Author and Filmmaker , Die Welt , January 24, 2016