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Wenn Goethe das gewusst hätte (1978)
Directed by Arpad Bondy
Documentary, Music, History · 43m
The year is 1978. Hartmut Geerken, director of the Goethe-Institut in Kabul, is on a mission. “We cannot change society, but we can change the landscape,” he says—literally. A trickster, a Don Quixote, Geerken approaches cultural work with playful defiance, forging deep mutual respect with a land foreign to most Europeans. The film follows him pushing a grand piano on a handcart for an impromptu concert with Afghan and German musicians, visiting a village artist, and meeting a famed tabla player—illiterate, yet musically eloquent beyond words. What begins as a whimsical journey becomes a poignant love letter to a country on the brink of irrevocable change—lighthearted, yet laced with melancholy.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Arpad Bondy
Details
- Release date
- 1978-07-09
- Runtime
- 43m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music, History
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German