Lars Eidinger - Sein oder nicht sein

These days, Lars Eidinger is one of the most prolific and celebrated actors in Germany, on stage as well as in cinema and television. He is also a DJ, a hipster and a sometime controversial public figure (who deleted his Instagram account only a little while ago). Reiner Holzemer received unique access to the star for his portrait of Eidinger. He shot a lot in Salzburg during rehearsals for Jedermann, a famous morality play, where the leading character eventually faces death, played by Edith Clever, who is from a wholly different generation. The Schaubühne Berlin, where Eidinger plays seminal Shakespeare roles, is another crucial site. His work in front of the camera (from Maren Ade’s ALLE ANDEREN to Olivier Assayas’ recent IRMA VEP for HBO) is slightly less prominent in this well-balanced account of a man who developed an unhealthy urge as a child to always win in every situation. Theater has obviously helped Eidinger to channel his demons. To Holzemer he presents himself as a reflecting subject: “I don’t want to be above anything.” (Bert Rebhandl)

On the 22nd of October in the presence of Lars Eidinger and on the 29th of October in the presence of Reiner Holzemer.

Reiner Holzemer: GRENZGÄNGE – DIE DEUTSCHEN AUF DER SUCHE NACH EINER IDENTITÄT (1993, TV), AUGENZEUGEN (1998, TV), WALKER EVANS (2000, TV), BALLSAISON – FRAUEN, FUSSBALL, WACKER MÜNCHEN (2006, TV-SERIE), JUERGEN TELLER (2012, TV), EVERYTHING ORIGINATES FROM BLACK AND DISAPPEARS IN WHITE (2012, TV), DER AUTOBAHNKRIEG – DAMALS UND HEUTE (2013, TV), ANTON CORBIJN: MOST WANTED (2014, TV), DRIES (2017), MARTIN MARGIELA – MYTHOS DER MODE (2019)