Kick it like Kurt
Kick it like Kurt is a documentary about Kurt Landauer from 2010 by the Kreisjugendring München-Stadt in cooperation with the NS Documentation Center .
backgrounds
The film is the result of a project by young adults who, in search of role models for a natural and solidarity-based cooperation between Jewish and non-Jewish Munich residents, came across the Jewish merchant's son Kurt Landauer and FC Bayern Munich . Kurt Landauer (born July 28, 1884 in Planegg; † December 21, 1961 in Munich), long-time President of FC Bayern Munich, shaped the club, but also football as a whole. For the National Socialists, the association was known as a “Jewish Club”. Landauer resigned in 1933, was deported to the Dachau concentration camp during the so-called Reichspogromnacht in 1938 and emigrated to Switzerland after 33 days in prison. In 1947 he returned to Munich and rebuilt FC Bayern.
content
The present and the past meet and talk: football historians, Kurt Landauer's nephew Uri Siegel, pictures and a comic scene tell about events from back then and alternate with voices and impressions of the present, the Jewish sports club TSV Maccabi Munich , the Ultras Schickeria Munich and the initiative “Lion fans against the right”. In the spirit of Kurt Landauer, they are all committed to democratic values, against right-wing extremism and racism in the stadium. They carry on Landauer's legacy, give us an insight into his life and shed light on the traces he left behind. The film not only presents the early history of FC Bayern, but above all shows the story of the joint work of Jews and non-Jews, in solidarity and in a democratic spirit, which even the National Socialists could not break.
In memory of Kurt Landauer and out of respect for his work, the film appeals not only to football fans: "Kick it like Kurt"!
Development process
For almost a year and a half, the team of young filmmakers, football fans and history buffs grappled with Kurt Landauer and the roots of FC Bayern. With the support of Gabriele Kröber, an almost professional documentary film with a length of 53 minutes was created. The film is based on interviews, historical material about Kurt Landauer and the early years of FC Bayern, but also about Munich and especially the Schwabing district, “the cradle” of FC Bayern. The material was regularly viewed and scientifically examined with the National Socialist Documentation Center .
Film crew
- Directed by Nadine Filler, Avraham Bador
- Camera: Konstantin Schlund, Britta Becker
- Editor: Gabriele Kröber
- Assistant director, research: Claudia Lässig
- Camera assistant: Tobias Ebner
- Sound assistant: Lucas Berón de Astrada
- Animation - Direction, Production: Anna-Louise Bath
- Animation - Production: Flin
- Animation - Compositing: Rosa Morcego
- Collaboration in production: Marilyn Huber-Grimm
- Music: Sonoton, Ulla Hoppen
- Post production: msf-film, Michael Sänger and colleagues
- Fan contacts: Barbara Baudrexl-Seitz
- Support: Youth Information Center, Michael Graber
- Production management: Sylvia Holhut
financing
The production of the film was funded by the Kreisjugendring München-Stadt and the NS Documentation Center - a place of learning and remembrance on the history of National Socialism, with the support of
- Workers' Welfare, Munich District Association
- Aktion Mensch eV funding program "The Partners"
- District Committee Munich 3 "Maxvorstadt"
- District Youth Association Upper Bavaria
- Israelite community in Munich and Upper Bavaria
- Munich sports youth
The production total was around € 47,000.
Demonstrations, awards and criticism
The unofficial premiere of the film was on June 6, 2010 in the Jewish Community Center of the Israelite Community in Munich. The official premiere took place at the 26th International Documentary Film Festival Munich 2011 in the Doc.Education section.
"Kick it like Kurt" was awarded the Munich Citizens' Prize Against Forgetting - For Democracy 2011 .
"A sensitively formulated plea for the values to which Kurt Landauer felt obliged: tolerance, fairness and cosmopolitanism." (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
"They are extremely successful in engaging history and the present in a dialogue." (Jüdische Allgemeine)
The film was shown on May 14, 2015 at the Jerusalem Cinematheque in Israel as part of the 50th anniversary of German-Israeli diplomatic relations.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Doc. Education Special Screening: Kick it like Kurt. (PDF; 255 kB) at: dokfest-muenchen.de
- ↑ Munich Citizens' Prize awarded. on: gegen-vergessen.de
- ↑ Wolfgang Görl: The truth lies next to the square. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. June 8, 2010.
- ↑ Miryam Gümbel: Kick it like Kurt. In: Jüdische Allgemeine. No. 24/10, June 17, 2010.