Börres Weiffenbach

DAED MAN WORKING is available in the ARD Mediathek until March 7, 2021.

Director: Marc Bauder - Director of Photography: Börres Weiffenbach

with Wolfram Koch, Benjamin Lillie, Jördis Triebel, Manfred Zapatka, Jenny Schily, Alma Leiberg, Bernhard Schütz and many others

The high-ranking investment banker Jochen Walther is at the peak of his career at the "Bank der Deutschen". Together with his personal assistant Tom Slezak, he has just brokered the deal of a lifetime when, on the night of the victory celebration, he jumps from the roof of the bank's headquarters in Frankfurt to everyone's surprise. Was it suicide or even murder?

WHO WERE WE WERE awarded the Hessian Film Prize 2020 in the category documentary film.

The jury writes: Whether on the roof of the world, in the depths of the ocean and the human brain, up to the G20 summit and the heart of the international space station ISS: WHO WE WERE shows people who have dedicated themselves to the task of grasping the manifold and constantly changing challenges of our existence and, in the face of many doubts, to tackle the seemingly impossible: to save the world.

A dramaturgically and visually compelling journey: Marc Bauder finds impressive images for the great questions of our existence in his documentary film. The result is a cinematic documentary film liberated from regional limitations and a focus on the immediate events of the day, which also convinces through its strong characters and, despite all its complexity, never leaves the audience without hope.

Inspired by Roger Willemsen's eponymous essay on the future, WHO WE WERE is a documentary film that impressively demonstrates to its viewers not only their responsibility for the future, but also their creative possibilities.

WHO WE WERE is celebrating its world premiere as part of the "Berlinale Special" series of the 71st Berlin International Film Festival.

“We were the ones who knew, but did not understand, full of information but lacking insight, brimming with knowledge, but lacking experience. So we just kept forging ahead, unstopped by ourselves.” (Roger Willemsen)

What will future generations think of us in a historical context? In the spirit of Willemsen's legacy, will they look back on us with despair? The film WHO WE WERE observes the current state of the world, accompanied by six intellectuals and scientists who reflect on the present and postulate about the future.

Producer, director and writer Marc Bauder (European Film Prize 2014) follows his charismatic protagonists into the depths of the ocean, to the top of the world, and out into the far reaches of space. Together, they explore the incredible capabilities of the human brain, a global economic summit, the legacy of colonisation, and the feelings of a robot.

This inspiring look at our world offers a hopeful message for us all: Who we are is in our own hands, if we recognise our connectedness, our commonality, and the meaning of 'we'.