Marina, Mabuse and Morituri - 70 Years of German Post-war Film in the Mirror of the CCC

"DR. MABUSE", "LOVE, DANCE AND 1000 SONGS (Liebe, Tanz und Tausend Schlager), "KARL MAY", "EDGAR WALLACE" but also "EUROPA EUROPA (Hitlerjunge Salomon)", "THE RATS (Die Ratten)" or "A LOVE IN GERMANY (Eine Liebe in Deutschland)": detective stories, western, film adaptations - the CCC Filmkunst has produced more than 250 films since their foundation 70 years ago. The CCC-studios in Berlin-Spandau was the place to be for the great film stars of the 50s, 60s and 70s, where they streamed in and out steadily. Actors like Heinz Rühmann, Maria Schell, O.W. Fischer, Peter Alexander, Freddy Quinn, Caterina Valente, Gert Fröbe, Klaus Kinski, Curd Jürgens, Romy Schneider... And director giants such as Harald Reinl, Robert Siodmak or Fritz Lang. The CCC ("Central Cinema Company"), founded by Artur Brauner in 1946, was one of the largest, most important and most productive film production companies of the post-war period. The CCC provided good and light entertainment, escapist films, that satisfied the Germans' longing for oblivion. At the same time, during his whole creative period film producer Artur Brauner has worked tirelessly against the oblivion by producing demanding films about the Holocaust. MARINA, MABUSE AND MORITURI stands symbolically for the different genres and tells the story of this oldest independent German film production company in family ownership. The film shows the life of Polish-born Artur Brauner vividly, that was influenced by German history and of someone who survived the Holocaust and became the most important film producer of his time in the country of the perpetrators. The documentary is a moving, informative and entertaining journey through 70 years of German film history and it shows the absolute will of a film-possessed producer, for whom it is - also with almost 100 years - not easy to hand over the business completely to his daughter and successor Dr. Alice Brauner.