And wants to be sure that his dream mega-project (and legacy) “Leipzig 2025” is in good hands. He wants to use one of the biggest urban development projects in Europe to create a monument to himself. The pressure mounts when the funding has to be set up all over again. In Jana Liekam and Deutsche Global Invest he finds allies who take charge of the project with high-flying ambition and self-confidence. But what kind of lifetime achievement is going to count in the end?
Jörg Schüttauf was born in 1961 in Karl Marx City (now Chemnitz), East Germany. He worked at theatres in Potsdam and East Berlin before starting a successful TV career, after the fall of the Wall, including the cult crime series “Tatort.” On the big screen, you have seen him in the internationally successful films "Berlin is in Germany" (2001) and "The People vs. Fritz Bauer" (2015; see our TIFF review).
This October, GOETHE FILMS presents the exclusive Canadian premiere of the complete first season of acclaimed TV mini series “Bad Banks.” The German-Luxemburgish co-production set at the heart of Europe’s financial capitals premiered at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival 2018 and went on to win the Audience Award at the Kino Festival New York. Meet the characters & cast:
