Two exceptional documentaries about Bernhard Kimmel, who was in the headline of German newspaper's in the 1950s because of spectacular robberies and burglaries. In 1961 he was sent to prison for 14 years, but released already in 1970. His attempt to live virtuously fails. During a burglary he kills a policeman and in 1982, he is sentenced to life imprisonment. Peter Fleischmann describes a life between Robin Hood fame and prison which also reflects a forgotten chapter of German postwar history.
The films
Mein Freund der Mörder - Germany 2006 - Directed and written by: Peter Fleischmann - Photographed by: Dib Lufti, Colin Mounier, Klaus Müller-Laue, Volker Schaner - Edited by: Peter Fleischmann, Volker Schaner - Music: Brian Eno - Produced by: Peter Fleischmann Filmproduktion, Berlin - Premiere: April 25, 2006 (Visions du réel, Nyon)
Zusatzinterviews - Germany 2010 - Directed and written by: Peter Fleischmann - Photographed by: Volker Schaner - Edited by: Peter Fleischmann, Volker Schaner - Produced by: Peter Fleischmann Filmproduktion, Berlin - Premiere: First release on DVD
Al Capone von der Pfalz - West-Germany 1987 - Directed and written by: Peter Fleischmann - Photographed by: Dib Lufti, Klaus Müller-Laue - Edited by: Christian Virmond - Music: Brian Eno - Produced by: Hallelujah Film, München - Premiere: November 8, 1987 (Neustadt)
DVD features (Doppel-DVD)
DVD 1
- Mein Freund der Mörder 2006, 90'
- Zusatzinterviews 2010, 34'
DVD 2
- Al Capone von der Pfalz 1987, 86'
- 16page trilingual booklet containing an interview with Peter Fleischmann
Edited by: Filmmuseum München and Goethe-Institut
DVD authoring: Ralph Schermbach
DVD supervision: Stefan Drößler
First edition January 2012, Second edition February 2012
