Ingeborg Bachmann – Someone Who Was Once Me

synopsis

Ingeborg Bachmann, one of the most prominent German-language poets and writers, began revealing her literary talent at the age of twelve. Her meteoric rise to popularity, linked to her time in Berlin and involvement in the literary circle Gruppe 47, landed her on the cover of Der Spiegel. Her life was shaped by prominent male figures, including Hans Werner Henze, for whom she wrote librettos, and Max Frisch, with whom she lived in Rome for several years. Actress Sandra Hüller, her admirer and guide, leads us through a meditation on this extraordinary woman and her troubled life. Drawing on fragments of poems and novels, she lays bare the tragic fate of an artist beset by hardship and doubt, and determined to die.

“Early this morning I slumped into the rocking chair and found myself staring at the wall, where a crack had appeared; it must be an old crack that’s now widening a little because I’m constantly staring at it.” — Ingeborg Bachmann

biography

Regina Schilling (1962) was born in Cologne and divides her time between her hometown and Berlin. She worked as a curator for an international literary festival in Cologne and has also been making documentaries since 2001. Her feature-length documentaries include Kulenkampffs Shoes (2018) and Igor Levit – Without Fear (2022).

film details

director:	Regina Schilling
cast:	Sandra Hüller
producer:	Thomas Kufus, Johannes Rosenberger
script:	Regina Schilling
photography:	Johann Feindt
editing:	Carina Mergens
sound:	Benjamin Simon
sound design:	Rudolf Pototschnig

contact

Thomas Kufus / zero one film heide@zeroone.de