SPEECHES - BATTLE OF THE HOLY LAND
Documentation, 2004
43 min
Directed by Patrick von Blume & Ede Müller
Live Directing: Gusztav Hamos
Editing: Ina Klee
Produced by Ede Müller
Protagonists: Irm Herrman, Ulrich Matthes, Ernest Lenart, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Miriam Goldmschmidt and others
Location: Berlin
This documentation deals with the history of the conflict in the Middle East and focuses on the conflict between Jews, Christians, and Muslims. The project starts with the founding father of the three religions, Abraham, until the events of 11th of September and the last Iraq War. The project explores the repetitive patterns of history and uses speeches from Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Pope Urban II (1095), Theodor Herzl (1879), David Ben-Gurion (1948), Jassir Arafat, Ariel Sharon, Saddam Hussein, Osama Bin Laden, Papst Johannes Paul II, and George Bush.