Documentary film about the irrepressible desire to make music, the fascination of improvisation and German-German music history.
A co-production of Filmwerkstatt Münster and Hermann Peseckas, Salzburg
By Winfried Bettmer& Hermann Peseckas, Germany/Austria 2023, HD video, colour, 60 min., original German version and original version with English subtitles.
The documentary film “Brothers &Others” by Winfried Bettmer and Hermann Peseckas was released in November 2023 to coincide with the presentation of the German Jazz Union’s “Albert Mangelsdorff Prize” to Conny Bauer at the Jazzfest Berlin on 5 November.
It is a film about the Bauer brothers from Berlin: Conny Bauer, who celebrated his 80th birthday in June 2023, is one of the co-founders of free jazz in (East) Germany and is a globally recognised luminary on the trombone, as is his brother Johannes Bauer, who died in May 2016 at the age of 62. The third brother, Matthias Bauer, has made a name for himself internationally in the world of improvised music on the double bass.
In addition to other formations, they played together with Conny Bauer’s son Louis Rastig in the quartet ‘Bauer 4’ from 2006.
In the documentary, the musicians talk about their families, their musical careers, the development of improvised music in (East) Germany and their musical ideas – but above all, they make music together.
The film is available on DVD for €18 from the Filmwerkstatt Münster. The Filmwerkstatt also distributes the film to cinemas and festivals.
With
“Bauer 4”: Conny, Johannes, Matthias Bauer & Louis Rastig
and
Duo Sabir Mateen & Conny Bauer
Trio Johannes Bauer, Audrey Chen, Tony Buck
“Der Dritte Stand” with Matthias Müller, Matthias Bauer & Rudi Fischerlehner
Idea & Production: Ingrid Grassl / Hermann Peseckas / Winfried Bettmer
Recording manager: Ingrid Grassl
Camera: Hermann Peseckas / Malte Papenfuss
Sound: Winfried Bettmer / David Nacke
Montage concept/editing/colour matching: Julian Isfort
Sound mixing: Ralf Haarmann
Cover graphic/poster: Vadim Ivanov
Supported by:
Cultural Department of the City of Salzburg (project development & research)
Cultural Department of the City of Münster (post-production)
Distribution: Filmwerkstatt Münster, 48147 Münster, Gartenstrasse 123, Tel.: 0251-2303621,
E-mail: info(at)filmwerkstatt-muenster.de
