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Ernst J=FCnger: 102 Years in the heart of Europe
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In February 1996, Jesper Wachtmeister and Bj=F6rn Cederberg took the train f=
rom Stockholm to Wilflingen in Germany. They were hoping to be granted an =
interview with the German writer, Ernst J=FCnger, who at the age of 102, not=
oriously had refused to give any more interviews. Jesper and Bj=F6rn went to=
 the local Guest-house "zum L=F6wen" to find out whether J=FCnger was at home =
or not - he was at home. They hadn=B4t traveled all this way in vain. Dresse=
d up nicely in their Sunday best dark suits, they walked over to J=FCnger=B4s =
home and knocked on his door. They were lucky, reluctantly Liselotte, J=FCng=
er=B4s wife, let them in for what would be the first of four rare and unique=
 interviews.

  Few people have lived in the nucleus of European events for such a long =
time as Ernst J=FCnger. He=B4s been dwelling in the central areas of power, of=
 European culture, politics and science since the 1910:s. He=B4s been partak=
ing in crucial calamities and catastrophes that for a long time tore our c=
ontinent asunder in ways that are still hurting. He=B4s been following the c=
urrents of ideas that have marked and characterised our century from the m=
oment they were born until they became extinct, or proved vigorous enough =
to survive - Expressionism, futurism, communism, fascism, functionalism, e=
xistentialism, minimalism, pop art, the hippie movement, maoism, postmoder=
nism, to name a few.

  Today it would be hard to find a living human being who equals 102 year =
old Ernst J=FCnger concerning the sum of first-hand personal experience of w=
orld events. Probably, no European still alive has been moving within so m=
any disparate milieus or met so many of the personalities who took a centr=
al part in forming our century. In 1918 he received, in person, the highes=
t German military honour from Hindenburg. During the 20:s, he discussed po=
litics with Berthold Brecht and Goebbels in Berlin, and in the 40:s, art w=
ith Picasso in Paris. He also discussed philosophy with Heidegger. During =
World War II, he conspired against Hitler with Rommel and Stauffenberg. In=
 the 50:s he and his friend Albert Hofmann were the first to experiment wi=
th LSD. On his 100th anniversary, he was visited and celebrated by Mitterr=
and and Helmuth Kohl.

  The film Ernst J=FCnger and the myth of the modern portrays the 1900:s in =
Europe from the viewpoint of Ernst J=FCnger as our guide. This is a film abo=
ut our century. About secularisation. About the occidental man=B4s emancipat=
ion from God and Christianity, by trying to establish himself on the evacu=
ated throne. The result is a technical evolution where the amount of knowl=
edge is doubled every 5 to 10 years and the creation of societies based on=
 consumption, economical growth and a common welfare net. In viewing the n=
ews-reels from our century, one becomes aware of the formal similarities b=
etween the three major different ideologies communism, fascism and liberal=
ism. They all have an unrestrained belief in technical progress, the mass =
movements and the idolisation of the worker.

  The film becomes a view of how the cult of these systems has effected ou=
r thinking in the 20th century. At the same time this becomes a comment to=
 Ernst J=FCnger=B4s life and writings - as contradictory and controversial as =
the history of the 20th century.

102 YEARS IN THE HEART OF EUROPE contains the last interviews ever made wi=
th Ernst J=FCnger. Ernst J=FCnger died on February 17, 1998 - in March he woul=
d have been 103 years old.=20
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Wei=DF jemand, wo man eine VHS- oder DVD-Kopie erhalten / erwerben kann=3F
Beste Gr=FC=DFe,
Tobias Wimbauer
www.waldgaenger.de
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