Die Unvorzeigbarkeit dessen, was nie hätte geschehen sollen
The impossibility of showing what should never have happened

new film type documentary film, experimental film Production Country Germany production year 2025 runtime 24'56 colour Color
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo original-language German subtitles German, English

While gardening together, two sisters trace the continuities of National Socialist child-rearing ideals in their own childhood. To what extent was their upbringing influenced by the Nazi educational guidebook "The German Mother and Her First Child," which continued to be published under a different title until 1987?

director Silke Schönfeld Cast Helene Fulton, Maria Fröhlich, Silke Schönfeld Production Silke Schönfeld Script Silke Schönfeld Editing Silke Schönfeld DOP Tommy Scheer Sound Design Volker Hennes
Festivals
2025 EMAF - European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Germany (EMAF Award)
2025 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Germany
Distribution
  • Silke Schönfeld
  • Sunderweg 1
  • Künstlerhaus Dortmund
  • 44147 Dortmund
  • Deutschland
  • +49 177 7886022
  • https://www.instagram.com/silke.schoenfeld/?hl=de
Production
  • Silke Schönfeld
  • Sunderweg 1
  • Künstlerhaus Dortmund
  • 44147 Dortmund
  • Deutschland
  • +49 177 7886022
  • https://www.instagram.com/silke.schoenfeld/?hl=de
Sales
  • Silke Schönfeld
  • Sunderweg 1
  • Künstlerhaus Dortmund
  • 44147 Dortmund
  • Deutschland
  • +49 177 7886022
  • https://www.instagram.com/silke.schoenfeld/?hl=de

Silke Schönfeld

Silke Schönfeld studied fine art at the Academies of Fine Arts in Münster and Düsseldorf. Her works have been exhibited internationally. From 2020 to 2022 she was an artist in residence at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam.

Filmography
2015 kommt und guck selber
2016 Nur wer die Arbeit kenn, der wird sie schätzen
2017 The Lying Sun
2019 Mainacht - invented traditions part one
2020 Die sehen ja nur, die wissen ja nichts
2023 Ich darf sie immer alles fragen
2025 Die Unvorzeigbarkeit dessen, was nie hätte geschehen sollen