The film presents some biographical fragments of his childhood and youth, accompanies the astronaut on his first space mission, and shows sketches and paintings he does during his home leave.
Born 1939 in Hamburg;
1959-1964 studies in painting, graphics, photography;
since 1964 experimental animation films, essay and feature films with animated parts, films for children;
1970-1983 puppet and mask theatre RHUBARB;
1987-2002 professor of animation film at the HFBK Hamburg
Filmography
1966 Erlebnisse der Puppe
1967 Staub
1985 Die Anprobe
1988 Die Königin des schwarzen Marktes
1995 Der Porzellanladen
2012 Die Konferenz oder die Rückseite des Mondes
2016 Heimaturlaub – aus dem Skizzenbuch eines Astronauten