High and Dry
A film about alcoholic-turned-counsellor Lutz Hartwig and his fight against the demon drink, awarded the 1998 Axel-Springer-Prize
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"A film which squares up to the facts but still finds room for the positives ... The writers don't pass judgement, leaving the viewer free to immerse himself in the sorrow of this picturesque drinking community." The newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung
Written and directed by Thomas Seekamp and Jens Fintelmann
Camera by Martin Goebel. Sound by Kai Peters
Edited by Sophie Kill. Editor NDR: Margarete Runte-Plewnia
30 minutes. First broadcast February 27, 1998 on 'ARD-exclusiv',
NDR 1998