HEIM INS REICH
Technical index

Claude Lahr (writer and director)

A graduate of the Institut national supérieur des Arts et du Spectacle (INSAS) in Brussels, where he studied directing and producing, Claude Lahr has acted as assistant-director and production manager for numerous commercial spots and films in both France and Belgium.

Director - filmography :
1997 : Les industries de l’eau (10 min.)
Made for the Luxembourgish pavilion at the Lisbon World Expo ‘98
(Centre national de l'audiovisuel)

1998 : Stol (76 min.)
(Samsa Film, Centre national de l'audiovisuel, CLT-UFA)
1998 : Habiter sur le Plateau de Kirchberg (6 min.)
(Fonds d’Urbanisation et d’Aménagement du plateau de Kirchberg, Concept Factory, Arthésia)

1999 : Portrait d’artiste : Moritz Ney (17 min.)
(Samsa Film)

2001 : Les routes du thé (30 min.)
(ARTE France, Les Films de la Mémoire, La Huit Production)
Prix Images d'argent dans la catégorie "Métiers", Festival de Pézenas (Octobre 2001)

2004 : Heim ins Reich – The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg’s failed incorporation into the 3rd Reich(120 min.)
(Nowhere Land Production, Centre national de l'audiovisuel, Films de la Mémoire)

Miscellaneous publicity spots for the Luxembourgish Green Party election campaign, the Académie Internationale des Arts et des Collections, the Luxembourg Postal Service, and the Luxembourg Armed Forces.

Willy Perelsztejn (producer) – Nowhere Land Productions / Les Films de la Mémoire

He is the founder and managing director of Les Films de la Mémoire, as well as the founder and managing director of Nowhere Land Productions, the Luxembourg branch of Les Films de la Mémoire.

Willy Perelstejn abandoned his position as a legal and tax adviser with Kredietrust for a career in cinema.

In 1993, he participated in the EAVE (Entrepreneurs de l’Audiovisuel européen) programme. Since 1997, he has been a member of the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel de la Communeauté française de Belgique, and since 1998, he has moreover acted as president of the ARPF (Association des Réalisateurs Produc-teurs de Films) in Belgium.

Producer - filmography:

1990 : Escape to the Rising Sun (Directed by Diane Perelsztejn) (Prix de la Ville de Strasbourg & Prix des Universités, 19e Festival du film de Strasbourg, Institut international des Droits de l’Homme, 1991) - 1994 : L’espoir pour mémoire (Directed by Jorge Amat) - 1995 : Rhodes Nostalgie ; La bande dessinée a 100 ans (Directed by Diane Perelsztejn) (Grand Prix pédagogique, XXIème Festival international du Film d’art et pédagogique, Maison de l’Unesco, Paris) - 1996 : Chocolat mon amour (Directed by Christophe Fraipont) - 1998 : D’Auschwitz à Jérusalem (Directed by Michel Mees) (Grand Prix historique au XXIIe Festival international du Film d’art et pédagogique, Maison de l’Unesco, Paris) - 2001 : Robert Fortune, le voleur de thé (Directed by Diane Perelsztejn) - 2001 : La mission de Victor Martin (Directed by Didier Roten) – 2004 : Heim ins Reich (Directed by Claude Lahr)

Joy Hoffmann (producer)

Viviane Thill (producer)

A trained translator, Viviane Thill has worked for the Centre national de l’audiovisuel since 1996. A film critic for Le Jeudi, Forum and Zinemag, the co-author of a book on Oliver Stone, published in French by Rivages in 1996, and the author of a script based on the novel Perl oder Pica by Jhemp Hoscheit, she is in charge of documentation, the film database and the collection of amateur films. She also co-produces documentaries and edits books for the CNA.

Producer - filmography:

1997 : Vu Feier an Eisen (de fer et de feu) (Restauration) – 1998 : Iechternach am Spigel vun 100 Joër Archivfilmer (Directed by Bern Thill, Stéphane Caboche) – 2001 : Ech war am Congo (Ma vie au Congo) ((Directed by Paul Kieffer) – 2001 : Histoire(s) de Jeunesse(s) ((Directed by Anne Schroeder) – 2002 : D’Lëtzebuerger am Tour de France ((Directed by Paul Kieffer) – 2003: Ons Arméi ((Directed by Cathy Richard et Tom Alesch) 2003 : Tony Rolllman, une aventure européenne ((Directed by Delphine Kiefer)

Books:

1995 : Germaine Damar, ein luxemburger Star im deutschen Kino der 50er Jahre, Centre national de l'audiovisuel
2003 : René Deltgen – eine Schauspielerkarriere ,Centre national de l’audiovisuel

Stéphane Patti (cinematographer)

Stéphane Patti lives and works in Paris. He is a graduate of the cinematography department at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Louis Lumière, and holds a BTS in Electrotechnics. Since 1994, he has contributed to countless productions in France and Belgium, first as electrician, assistant cameraman, then as director of photography.

His most recent films are : Heim ins Reich (Directed by Claude Lahr, 2004) ; Marco (feature film by Rainer Oldendorf), L’amour étranger (feature film by Patrick Rulfo). Documentaries inclue Robert Fortune, le voleur de thé (Directed by Diane Perelsztejn 2002), Les routes du thé (Directed by Claude Lahr 2002), La mission de Victor Martin (Directed by Didier Roten 2001), Bakary et les autres (Directed by Corine Garfin) et Nocturne (Real: Chris Morin). In addition, Stéphane Patti has contributed to several short films, and numerous music videos and commercial spots.

Thierry Faber (editor)

After getting degrees in History and History of Art, Thierry Faber went on to study Editing and Multimedia at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion. Since then he has worked on publicity spots for Mobilitéit.lu, Valorlux and Volvo, educational films, such as Da Lass, ‘making of’ featurettes, most notably about Troublemaker, etc. He has also lent his services to RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg, and created a station identification package for TangoTV. In 2003, Thierry Faber was awarded the prize for best technical contribution at the Luxembourg Film Prize.

1999 : Les amazones (Directed by Elisabeth Clauss) - 2000 : Ech war am Congo (Ma vie au Congo (Directed by Paul Kieffer) - 2001 : Cap vers l’Avenir (Directed by Christian Delcourt) - 2002 : D’Lëtzebuerger am Tour de France (Directed by Paul Kieffer) - 2002 : Ligne de vie (Directed by Christophe Wagner) - 2002 : Un combat (Directed by Christophe Wagner) - 2003 : If not why not (renfort) (Directed by Dan Wiroth) - 2003 : The’d Johanns (Directed by Christophe Wagner) – 2004 : Heim ins Reich (Directed by Claude Lahr)

in post-production :
Doheem (Directed by Christophe Wagner) – Les maîtres du vent (L’orgue de Dudelange) (Directed by Claude Lahr) – Le Manie-Tout (Directed by Georges Le Piouffle)

Carlo Thoss (sound)

He is a graduate of the Institut des Arts de la diffusion (IAD) at Leuven.

Films (Sélection):

1999 : Une liaison pornographique (Directed by Frédéric Fonteyne) - 1999 : Jaime (Directed by Antonio Pedro Vasconcelos) - 2000 : Shadow of a Vampire (Directed by E. Elias Merhige) - 2003 : Girl with a Pearl Earring (Directed by Peter Webber) - 2003 : Im Anfang war der Blick (Directed by Bady Minck) - 2003 : J’ai toujours voulu être une sainte (Directed by Geneviève Mersch) - 2004 : La femme de Gilles (Directed by Frédéric Fonteyne)

Philippe Vandendriessche (sound)

Films (sélection):

1985: Permeke (90 min.) (Directed by Henri Storck) - 1992 : Servaisgraphia (Directed by Benoît Peeters) - 1994 : Taxandria (Directed by Raoul Servais) - 1994 : Le pendule de Madame Foucault (Directed by J-M Vervoort) - 1997 : Des heures sans sommeil (Directed by Ursula Meier) - 1999 : Echo (Directed by Frédéric Roullier-Gal) - 2000 : Bzz (Directed by Benoît Feroumont) (Sélection officielle au festival de Cannes, Grand Prix du Festival d’Annecy) - 2000 : Tous à table (Directed by Ursula Meier) (Prix du Public à Clermont-Ferrand) - 2000 : L’amour en suspens (Directed by Herman Van Eyken ) - 2001 : Le vélo de Ghislain Lambert (Directed by Philippe Harel) – 2004 : Heim ins Reich (Directed by Claude Lahr)

Philippe Kohn (sound)

After completing his studies at the Institut des Arts de la Diffusion, Philippe Kohn worked as boom operator on a number of feature-length films in Luxembourg including J’ai toujours voulu être une sainte (2002) by Geneviève Mersch, Twin Sisters (2003) by Ben Sombogaart et La femme de Gilles (2004) by Frédéric Fonteyne.

Philippe Kohn moreover acted as sound engineer on:
1999 : D’Tata Ännchen (Directed by Tom Alesch) - 2000 : Electric Theatre (Directed by Andy Bausch) - 2001 : Histoire(s) de jeunesse(s) (Directed by Anne Schroeder) - 2002 : Le club des chômeurs (Directed by Andy Bausch) - 2004 : Heim ins Reich (Directed by Claude Lahr)

Philippe Mergen (sound)

He trained as a sound engineer at the Institut des Arts de Diffusion in Leuven, and holds a Master’s degree in Music Technology from the University of York in Great Britain. Philippe Mergen has created soundtracks for a TV station identification package, produced musical events and live concerts, being a member of several bands, and composed the music to short films. He has been the head of the sound department at the Centre national de l’audiovisuel since 2003.

Productions:

2003 : Paul Sontag – Historesch Opnamen aus de Joren 1945-1966 (Centre national de l'audiovisuel)

In production :

Jean-Pierre Kemmer (Centre national de l'audiovisuel) - Léon Moulin (Centre national de l'audiovisuel)

Filmography :

2003 : CD Audio Ons Arméi (Centre national de l'audiovisuel) - Tony Rollman, une aventure européenne (Directed by Delphine Kiefer) - 2004: René Deltgen, der sanfte Rebell (Directed by Michael Wenk) - 2004: Heim ins Reich (Directed by Claude Lahr)

Lingo (composers)

Lingo is André Dziezuk (composition, programming, synthesisers, saxophone, hautboy), and Marc Mergen (composition, programming, synthesisers, guitar, bass guitar).

André Dziezuk has been interested in music from a very young age, gathering stage experience in his father’s dance orchestra. He received classical training at the Conservatoire de Metz, where he studied hautboy and chamber music, and won several first prizes. Simultaneously, he read at the Faculté de Lettres de Metz, and he got a bachelor’s degree as well as a CAPES – the French equivalent of a British PGCE – in musicology, graduating as a secondary school teacher in 1990. Fascinated by all kinds of music, he initiated himself to jazz, developing a particular fondness for the saxophone. After collaborating on Pazpatu and Muspili with Sascha Ley, he founded the band LINGO with guitarist Marc Mergen. He has also co-released several collections centred on the recorder for Editions Fuzeau, a publishing house specialising in Musical Pedagogy and is currently writing a book on contemporary music together with journalist Ariel Kyrou.

Marc Mergen began playing the guitar aged fourteen, and gained stage experience performing with different types of bands. His interest in electronics and computer technology led him to discover the music-making potential of synthesisers and computers. Without neglecting the guitar, he started to use the synthesiser in order to explore new possibilities of sound. At the age of twenty, he studied jazz, first at diverse workshops, and then at the Luxembourg School of Music, where he took classes in harmony and jazz guitar. Since then, he has worked with the likes of André Mergenthaler, Gast Waltzing, Michel Pilz and Luciano Pagliarini. After collaborating with the singer Sascha Ley for six years, he founded the band LINGO with the saxophone-player André Dziezuk. He has worked within the domains of sound, composition, and multimedia programming for projects organised by the Centre de Technologie de l’Education.

Music for the original soundtrack of A Pornographic Affair (dir. Frédéric Fonteyne, 1999), ballet for the show Mir maachen d’Bréck by Jemp Schuster (1999), music for original soundtrack of the multimedia show Liichtjoren produced by the Centre national de l’audiovisuel (2000), music for a commercial spot for the Luxembourg Army (2001), music for the featurette on Luxembourg shown on the occasion of the Grand Duchy’s hosting of the Grand Start of the Tour de France in 2002, music for the archive documentaries Les funérailles d’Emile Mayrisch (1928) and Contrôle du marché (1938) (2002-2003), music for the original soundtrack of Heim ins Reich (dir. Claude Lahr, 2004), music for the original soundtrack of the documentary René Deltgen, der sanfte Rebell (dir. Michael Wenk, 2004)

Raoul Nadalet (sound mixer)

Originally a musician, Robert Nadalet has tried his hand at everything to do with creating and composing audiovisuals, from images to colour to sound to music. He founded the company Espera Productions, which assures every single aspect of post-production.

Editor/mixer - filmography :

Carreaux de mine (Directed by Anne Schroeder) - Rockin’ warriors (Directed by Andy Bausch) - If not, why not (Directed by Dan Wiroth) - Black Spring - Ons Arméi (Directed by Cathy Richard et Tom Alesch) – Monsieur Warum (Directed by Andy Bausch)

Director - filmography :
11 VJ-introduction clips for the launch of TangoTV, miscellaneous publicity spots for the Ministry for Female Promotion, and Le Foyer Insurances, an introduction film for the children’s home Kannerhaus Jean, La musique romaine (Sites et Monuments / Roman Museum, Echternach)

As arranger : Publicity spots for BCEE, Maggi, Cynar, Maastricht, Domaine Thermale Mondorf, Rosport, Le Foyer, and promotional films for Mauritius Freeport, Johansson and Paul Wurth

Paul Dostert (historical adviser)

After reading History and English Literature at university, Paul Dostert did a scientific dissertation called "Die Volksdeutsche Bewegung in Luxemburg während der nationalsozialistischen Besetzung. Ihre Entstehungsgeschichte und Entwicklung" as part of his teacher training (unpublished). He then taught at the Lycée technique d’Esch-sur-Alzette and the Lycée de Garçon in Luxembourg-City for a couple of years, before doing a PhD on Luxembourg and German Occupation Politics titled ‘Luxemburg zwischen Selbstbehauptung und nationaler Selbstaufgabe. Die deutsche Besatzungspolitik und die Volksdeutsche Bewegung 1940-1945’. The work, which has since gone out of print, was published in Luxembourg by ISP in 1985. In 1997, Paul Dostert was commissioned by the Ministry of State to restructure the archives and library of the Conseil national de la Résistance into a documentation and research centre specialising in the Resistance. He has been the head of the said centre since 2003.

As from the academic year 1999/2000, Paul Dostert has also been Assistant Professor at Luxembourg University, where he holds seminars on various aspects of World War II.

Since 1990, he has been an effective member of the history section of the Institut Grand-Ducal, and he was made deputy head librarian in 1999.
Between 1989 and 1992, he was a scientific collaborator at the Historical Study and Documentation Centre of the National Archives, sorting out and cataloguing the Chief-of-Civil-Administration funds.
In 2001, he became President of the Special Commission investigating the despoilment of Jewish property in Luxembourg during the war.
In 2003, he was the Chief of the Luxembourgish delegation of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education Remembrance and Research."
From 2003 to 2005, he has coordinated the commemoration celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Liberation of Luxembourg, the Battle of the Bulge and the end of the war. He is currently also involved in a research project on the Luxembourg Resistance during the Second World War (MEN/CUL/92/07).
Projet de recherche: La Résistance luxembourgeoise pendant la deuxième guerre mondiale (MEN/CUL/92/07). (Rédaction et publication restent à faire.)
In 2004, he acted as historical adviser on Heim ins Reich.

Paul Feltes (historical adviser)

Having obtained a Master’s degree in History at Strasbourg University, Paul Feltes became a secondary school History teacher in 1997, and has taught at Michel Rodange Grammar School since 2004/5.

Bibliography:

Master’s Dissertation, ‘L’organisation judiciaire du Luxembourg au 19e siécle,’ written in 1994, published in the magazine Hémecht in 1998
Synoptic article on the causes of the 1948 Revolution published in a portfolio compiled by Gilbert Trausch for the 150th Anniversary of the Constitution of 1848 (1998)
Book on the history of Cegedel and the electrification of Luxembourg (2003)

Scientific dissertation written for his teacher training: ‘La sidérurgie luxembourgeoise dans la grande crise de 1929’ (1996, unpublished)
Article on the rationalisation of heavy industries between the two World Wars (to be completed), article on the Christian Social Party between 1979 and 2004 (to be completed)