Why is director-writer-producer Hans-Christian Schmid represented twice in our series GOETHE FILMS: Young & Old? (I nearly added a third Schmid film, his 1995 IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE with 21-year-old debutante Franka Potente.) Apart from the fact that he is one of Germany’s best contemporary filmmakers, a thread is running through his oeuvre. One of familial relations, growing up, leaving home --its security along with its restrictions.
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