Rheingold - Gesichter eines Flusses (2014)
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Directors
Peter Bardehle, Lena Leonhardt
A documentary follows the Rhine from its sources to its mouth, reflecting on the river’s cultural, historical, and natural significance.
The story
Following the Rhine from its two sources to its mouth, the documentary pairs the river’s course with reflections on art, history, commerce, industrialization, tourism, architecture, and nature. References to Wagner’s Das Rheingold provide a particular artistic thread. Ben Becker narrates in a voice likened to a personification of Father Rhine, while Anne Moll narrates the documentary passages.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The course of the Rhine, from its two sources to its mouth, is accompanied by reflections on art (especially through quotations from Wagner’s Das Rheingold), history, commerce, industrialization, tourism, architecture, and nature. The narration is delivered by Ben Becker, almost as a personification of Father Rhine, and by Anne Moll for the documentary passages. The film ends with the release of two young seals into the North Sea.
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