Einar Schleef – Ich habe kein Deutschland gefunden
About
The documentary „Einar Schleef – Ich habe kein Deutschland gefunden“ portrays the theater-maker and all-round artist Einar Schleef, who died far too early in 2001, having fled from the East and never arrived in the West. Director Sandra Prechtel composed a richly faceted portrait from historical footage, interviews and archive material of a defiant loner with an enfant terrible reputation. The film tells of theater, the repressive mechanisms of postwar society and, unlike familiar accounts, of German-German reality. It premiered in the Forum of the 2026 Berlinale and won the Documentary Audience Award at the NFF and the CLIO Award 2026.
Written by a model, sources: acudkino.de
Critics
The review praises the richly layered portrait built from Schleef's own audio and visual archives and its take on German-German reality. No notable faults are mentioned.
Reviews: Kultura-Extra, TMDb
Trailer
Showtimes
Thu 5 Nov
LichtblickKastanienallee 77, 10435 Berlin
Fri 6 Nov
Brotfabrik1, 13086 Berlin
Sun 8 Nov
LichtblickKastanienallee 77, 10435 Berlin
Tue 10 Nov
LichtblickKastanienallee 77, 10435 Berlin
Brotfabrik1, 13086 Berlin
Kino Toni & Tonino1, 13086 Berlin
Wed 11 Nov
LichtblickKastanienallee 77, 10435 Berlin
Bundesplatz-Kino
Brotfabrik1, 13086 Berlin
and 5 more showtimes until 21 November
- Director
- Sandra Prechtel
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 93 min
