THE FARMER WHO HEARS THE GRASS GROW
Michael Simmel is organic farmer with heart and soul։ Simmel uses traditional agricultural knowledge which has been lost through time and not until now can it find its way back into the minds of the farmers.
2009, Germany, 45 min.
Prod. / Script / Dir.: Bertram Verhaag
Dir. of Phot.: Waldemar Hauschild
Sound: Zoltan Ravasz
Edit.: Verena Schonauer
Bertram Verhaag (b. 1944, Sosnowiec, Poland)
Studied sociology and economics։ Was a free-lance worker in the Department of Urban Development in Munich for three years։ Between 1972 – 75 was at Munich College of Film and TV։ In 1976 he founded DENKmal-Film Production with Claus Strigel։ Collaborating as producers, authors and directors, they have produced more than 90 films for cinema and television։
Filmography
What's this Called Love? (1978), There is No Consideration - Given to the People (1980), Nuclear Split (1987), Mama Papa Auto (1991), Fear - Gate to Freedom (1992), Solar Plexus (1995), Blue Eyed (1996), The Cross-Over Artist (1997), The Agro Rebel (2000), The Last Man Alive (2001), 86,000 Seconds (2002), Thunderbird Woman (2003), Life Running out of Control (2004), Life in Plastic (2008), Scientists under Attack - Genetic Engineering in the Magnetic Field of Money (2010)։