Lieber Hans

Lieber Hans

Claudia Richarz

DE
2025
Documentary
2’
The Film All-Nighter

Two poignant minutes are enough to remind us of the inhumanity and cruelty of war. In 1943, Maria writes a postcard to her brother Hans on the front lines – in the hope of seeing him again soon. Many years later, the filmmaker examines the card. She is Maria and Hans’s niece.

Director / Cinematography

Claudia Richarz

Editing

Claudia Richarz, Magdolna Rokob

Sound

Simon Bastian

Music

Kai Richarz

Production

Claudia Richarz Film

Contact

Claudia Richarz

Portrait of Claudia Richarz

Claudia Richarz

Claudia Richarz is a documentary filmmaker and mother to two sons. In 1978, she co-founded the women’s media centre bildwechsel in Hamburg. In the late 1990s, she was awarded the Grimme Prize for her documentary series Abnehmen in Essen. Her feature film Vulva 3.0 (co-directed with Ulrike Zimmermann) had its world premiere at the Berlinale in 2014. Her feature film Helke Sander: Aufräumen (2023) has been screened at numerous festivals in Germany and abroad.


Films by Claudia Richarz (selection)
Schau mich an 2017 | Das Nummerngirl 1989 | Der Zug aus Leipzig 1989 | Anti-Aids-Spot 1988 (mit Jochen Hick) | Endlich eine Prinzessin 1986 | Ich wandle unter Blumen 1985 | Staubsaugen 1985 (mit Andrea van der Straeten) | Fortunella 1980 | Buttergemüse 1980