THE WORLD, ALMOST

Documentary by Caroline Kirberg   

D 2016 | 23 min | DCP | 5.1 | German with English subtitles

World Premiere: Unerhört! Musikfilmfestival / Reeperbahnfestival Hamburg 2016

with Michael Girke, Bernadette Hengst, Achim Knorr, Frank Spilker, Frank Werner

Director of Photography: Thilo Schmidt
Sound Recordist: Manja Ebert
Music: Michael Girke, Bernadette La Hengst, Achim Knorr, Frank Spilker, Die Sterne
Editors: Colleen Scheepers, Philip Scheffner

Produced by Caroline Kirberg for pong film

Research funded by Stadt Bad Salzuflen, Sparkasse Lemgo, Kreis Lippe

Production funded by BKM German Federal Ministry for Culture and Media, werkleitz

Synopsis

A Western German small town in the 1980s. Five friends dreamt of becoming pop stars. In a garage they built a sound studio and founded the label Fast Weltweit. They produced vinyl records, sampler, many cassettes, cover, flyer, posters and videos. They went on nation-wide concert tours.

Thirty years later, the film the world, almost meets Michael Girke, Bernadette Hengst, Achim Knorr, Frank Spilker and Frank Werner during an Easter bonfire on a farm in their hometown and asks what has become of their teenage dreams.