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Paul Kieffer

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Films

Ech war am Congo

Ech war am Congo

Door Paul Kieffer, Marc Thiel

2001 | 60 min | Documentaire

Between 1880 and 1960, hundreds of Luxemburgers moved to the Belgian Congo. This film tells their story. Between 1880 and 1960, hundreds of Luxembourgers moved to the Belgian Congo to live and work there; some only for a short while, others for ever. The film briefly evokes the great chronological landmarks in the history of the Belgian Congo, but most of the commentary is provided by eight of these former colonials who recall the memories of their stay in Africa, especially in the 50s. They talk ...

Nuits d'arabie

Nuits d'arabie

Door Paul Kieffer

2007 | 114 min | Drama

Georges' quiet life is turned upside down when he bumps into Yamina on a train, and falls in love with her. Georges's life is turned upside-down when he meets Yamina and decides to help her. While she seems to be persecuted and living in hiding, Georges's reality is rooted in a daily routine without any surprises. Yamina's stories fascinate him: her happy childhood under the rhythm of a song, the massacres in the 1990s in the Great South, as well as her difficulties in Algeria and then in France. ...

Schacko Klak

Schacko Klak

Door Paul Kieffer, Frank Hoffmann

1989 | 89 min | Klassiekers

The film begins in 1942 in a small Luxembourg village under Nazi occupation. Through the eyes of Chrëscht Knapp, 11, son of a carpenter, we meet his family and the village people. Most are engaged in one way or another in the resistance, but some are collaborating with the occupant.