Deutschland, Ruanda, R.D. Congo, 2006, 95 Min.


Dokumentarfilms
von/de Markus CM Schmidt, Jan Bernotat und/et Marion Glaser

Regie: Markus CM Schmidt, Jan Bernotat
Idee: Marion Glaser
Kamera: Jan Bernotat
Montage: Markus CM Schmidt
Ton: Markus CM Schmidt
Sound Design: Raimund von Scheibner
Produktionsleitung: Marion Glaser
Produzentin: Régine Provvedi
Redaktion Kultur und Wissenschaft: Martin Pieper

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Is it ever possible to solve armed conflicts in a peaceful way?
How will a UN-demobilisation officer convince militia groups to lay down their arms?

The war in Congo began with the genocide in Rwanda: not only the murderers fled into neighbouring Congo but also the Hutu-army and thousands of civilians were on the run from collective vengeance.
For over a decade the Congolese people have suffered at the hands of the armed Hutu.

The Canadian UN-demobilisation officer Eric Besner is sent to convince the Rwandan Hutu militias to return to a civil existence in their homeland.
An almost impossible task, as the Hutu still fear the vengeance of the Tutsi should they return to Rwanda.

But can the Hutu-fighters be collectivly accused as the genociders?
Is the UN able to end the conflict, without coming to terms with the past?
It seems that truth is not necessarily a stabilising factor.

The filmmakers follow Eric Besner on his delicate mission and talk to people involved in the conflict:
Bernard Kalume, the singer in a famous Rwandan band who barely escaped the genocide - is confronted with the Hutu-combatants in his role as an UN-Interpreter.

The blue helmet General Shujaat sees little chance of success as long as the mineral smuggling from the conflict area yields enormous profits for the Tutsi Regime in Rwanda.

The Hutu-militias have an elected leadership but peace negotiations won't take place as Hutu "President" Ignace Murvanashyaka is regarded as a terrorist by the Tutsi.

The Congolese priest Abbé Masumbuku is desperate and helpless - he can only document the continuing crimes in the Walungu-Area against the Congolese civilians.

Captain Chico of the Congolese army wants to chase the Hutu-militias out of Congo once and for all and deliberately provokes an escalation in the violence.


shot entirely on location in South Kivu, east DR Congo, close to the Rwandan Border

92 min
35mm
1:1,85
Dolby SR
Languages:
French, English, Suaheli, Kinyarwanda
Engl. Subtitles & Narration


Produced by bluefilm,
Régine Provvedi

Coproduced by ZDF/arte

funded by
medienboard Berlin/Brandenburg,
DefaStiftung

supported by the MONUC
United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

with
Eric Besner

and
BERNARD KALUME
PRESIDENT IGNACE MURWANASHYAKA
MAJOR EDMOND NGARAMBE
ALBERT MASTAKI
JEAN-HÉLÈNE M. ASSUMANI
AIMABLE
GENERAL SHUJAAT ALI KAHN
GENERAL AMANI JERUBBAAL
WALIMBA MASS
CAPT' SARDAR TAIMUR
LTN. ASSISE
DAVID MUKIZA
ABBÉ ARISTIDE MASUMBUKU
ABBÉ JEAN B. MASHALI
CAPITAINE CHICO TSHITAMBUE
CAPT' AMIR HASSAN KHAN

and with
THE CONGOLESE PEOPLE IN
BUKAVU, KAZIBA, WALUNGU, TCHONKA, HOMBO & BUNYAKIRI

THE BLUEHELMETS OF PAKBAT 4

THE SOLDIERS OF THE FARDC / 10. REGION MILITAIRE À BUKAVU

THE SOLDIERS OF THE FDLR
IN BURHINY / KAZIBA / MANDJE
THE HUTU-REFUGEES IN
MANDJE & HOMBO

Written and Directed by
MARKUS CM SCHMIDT
JAN BERNOTAT

Assistant Director
MARION GLASER

Narrator
ALEX ROSS

Music
BERNARD KALUME

Photography
JAN BERNOTAT

Sound Recordist
MARKUS SCHMIDT

Editor
MARKUS SCHMIDT

Sound Design
RAIMUND VON SCHEIBNER

Sound Mix
JÖRG HÖHNE / Studio Mitte

Online Editor
MATTHIAS BEHRENS / Wave-Line

Filmtransfer
MOSER & ROSIE

Film Lab
FILM & VIDEO PRINT

English Subtitles
TOM COOPER, BABELFISCH

Story Consultant
BRIGITTE KRAMER

Consultant UN
MARCO KALBUSCH

Always Encouraging
RAIMUND VON SCHEIBNER

Production Manager
MARION GLASER

Producer
RÉGINE PROVVEDI

Commissioning Editor ZDF/arte
MARTIN PIEPER

With special thanks to
STEFANIE DESNOYER
INA KERNSTOCK, MR. COOLBUSH
KEMAL SAIKI, ELIANE NABAA
YASMINA BOUZIANE
ALBERT LIESEGANG
SYLVIE VAN DEN WILDENBERG
LEON SALMERON
ALPHA SOW
PETER SWARBRICK
SHAHRAZAD CHIDA
THE DDRRR-SECTION BUKAVU
THE ENTIRE PERSONAL OF THE MONUC IN BUKAVU AND UVIRA
PAKBATT-4, PAKBATT-3
INDIAN AVIATION-2
RSABATT (Shabunda)
RSABATT (Kavumu)


With the help of
THE GERMAN EMBASSY IN KINSHASA
CHRISTOPH RUHMICH
GIULIANO VASCOTTO
ELVEDIN OMIC
ALBERT MASTAKI, MATTHIEU KISUBI, RAFIKI KABOYI
STRATON MUSONI, LA FORGE FILS, EUGENIE NIYOTWIZIGIYE
NARCISSE KARADANY
INNOCENT SOCOFI,
JEAN NDABAVUNYI
REBECCA WERNER
LILIANE WEINACHT, DOUDOU KALALA
URSULA GILL-GAIDA, OLAF WINKLER IVO BRANDAU
EMMANUEL TEILLET
ROBERT GLATZEDER
ULLE SCHRÖDER, TANJA HALLER
NICOLE ARMBRUSTER
STEFAN GLASER
JOHANNA FINSTERWALD
MONIKA SCHMIDT

produced by bluefilm
paul/provvedi