Merlyn Solakhan und Manfred Blank: Filme und Texte
Movies
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Die Deklination des Werwolfs, / To Declinate the Werewolf, 2011, autobiographical documentary by Manfred Blank, HD, 90 min., produced by: blankfilm; supported by the Representative for Culture and Media of the German Federal Government
Asche und Phoenix / Ashes and Phoenix, 2009, documentary by Merlyn Solakhan and Manfred Blank about Johannes Lepsius, his Armenian Relief and the genocide of the Armenians, digibeta, 95 min., produced by: blankfilm; supported by the German Federal Cultural Foundation
April means to live , 2006, documentary by Merlyn Solakhan about the Berlin Armenian community, beta SP, 68 min., Prod: blankfilm; funded by the "artist program" of the Berlin Senate Department for Science, Research and Culture
Exile on the Bosphorus , 2000/2002, documentary biopic by Merlyn Solakhan and Manfred Blank about the zoologist Curt Kosswig, who fled from the Nazis to Turkey, and the emigration to Turkey by German scientists after 1933, beta digital, 93 min., Prod. : blankfilm, Filmkollektiv Zürich, Yeni Yapım Ä°stanbul; with funding from the NDR in Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Swiss film funding, German-Swiss television, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Eurimages
Harem - Women's School, 1998, documentary by Merlyn Solakhan and Manfred Blank about the harem area in Topkapı Saray in Ä°stanbul, with Mualla Anhegger-EyüboÄŸlu, digibeta, 63 min., Prod .: blankfilm for ZDF / 3sat, TV producer: Inge Classen
Cité de Péra , 1996/97, documentary by Merlyn Solakhan and Manfred Blank; part of an ARTE soirée about Walter Benjamin, at the same time a portrait of the main street of the Istanbul district of Pera, now called BeyoÄŸlu; its shops, cafés and passages, betacam SP Farbe, 39 min., Prod .: blankfilm for ZDF / ARTE
Ein Chor , 1996, documentary by Merlyn Solakhan and Manfred Blank about a choir of Armenians in Paris, betacam SP colours, 64 min., produced by blankfilm for ZDF / 3sat, TV producer: Inge Classen
Discoveries: YaÅŸar Kemal and his Landscape , 1995, literary documentary by Merlyn Solakhan and Manfred Blank about the Turkish writer, betacam SP Farbe, 30 min., Prod .: blankfilm for WDR, TV producers: Imke Wallefeld and Christhart Burgmann
Between 1991 and 1995 Manfred Blank wrote and directed short contributions (6 to 9 min.) to the Buchladen / Book Store magazine, Imke Wallefeld being the TV producer and Manuela Reichart the anchor woman. Production: WDR, broadcasts on West 3.
L'Insistance du Regard / The Persistence of View , 1993, two contributions by Manfred Blank to a special soirée about Straub / Huillet , betacam SP Farbe, 20 min. and 17 min., Prod .: blankfilm with Hessischer Rundfunk for ARTE
Here and There - Stories of Immigrants , 1992, documentary by Merlyn Solakhan, with the appearance 25 Turkish women out of the first generation of immigrants, video, 180 min., Prod: blankfilm with the Open Channel Berlin; funded by the "Women's Research" program of the Berlin Senate Department for Science
Are there too many pictures? / Summer Academy Berlin 90 , 1990, documentary by Manfred Blank: cinema, television, new pictures and European film, betacam SP col., 30 min., Producer: WDR, TV producer: Werner Dütsch
Hayal , 1989/90, documentary musical by Merlyn Solakhan and Manfred Blank about the Turkish Karagöz play, 16 mm color, 81 min., Producer: blankfilm, Ä°stanbul Film Ajansı with the support of Hamburg and Berlin film funding
Born in Germany with one leg , 1990, video, 48 min., documentary by Merlyn Solakhan and Ursula Dieterich and young Turkish women from Berlin, production: Sportjugend Berlin
Kinostadt Paris / Paris, Movie Town , 1988, documentary by Manfred Blank and Harun Farocki, U-matic HB Farbe, 57 min., produced by WDR, TV producer: Werner Dütsch
Les Vampires (Die Vampire), 1986, silent film series by Louis Feuillade, 1915/16, German version by Manfred Blank, 10 episodes (six and a half hours in total), produced by WDR, TV producer: Werner Dütsch
Nasreddin Hodscha Tales , 1986, shadow theater, bedtime stories for children, by Merlyn Solakhan and Manfred Blank,
16 mm color, 5 episodes, each of them 3 minutes, production: blankfilm for SFB
Tekerleme (Tongue Twister), 1986, feature film by Merlyn Solakhan (Merlin Ecer), 16 mm b/w, 73 min., Production: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb)
Uhrwald / Wood of Clocks , 1984/85, fiction by Merlyn Solakhan (Merlin Ecer) and Martin Manz, 16 mm color, 45 min., Production: dffb
How merrily I shall laugh (Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub talk about their film Class Relations ), 1984, film tip by Manfred Blank, TV version: 33 min., 2-inch MAZ, cinema version: 16 mm color, 41 min., Prod .: blankfilm for WDR, TV producer: Werner Dütsch
Murnaus Sunrise , 1984, film tip by Manfred Blank, 2-inch MAZ b/w, 14 min., produced by WDR, TV producer: Werner Dütsch
Robert Bresson: L'Argent (Money) , 1983, an issue of the magazine Kino 83 by FILMKRITIK collaborators (Hartmut Bitomsky, Manfred Blank, Jürgen Ebert, Harun Farocki, Gaby Körner, Barbara Schlungbaum, Melanie Walz), 16 mm Color, 30 min., Prod .: Harun Farocki for WDR, TV producer: Helmut Merker
Åžehir (Die Stadt), 1983, Dokumentarfilm mit inszenierten Teilen von Merlyn Solakhan (Merlin Ecer) und Martin Manz, 16 mm s/w, 60 Min., Produktion: dffb
Eric Rohmer: Komödien und Sprichwörter, 1983, Beitrag von Manfred Blank für das Magazin Kino 83, 2-Zoll-MAZ, 25 Min., Produktion: WDR, Redaktion: Roland Johannes
Igelbaum, 1982, Trickfilm von Merlyn Solakhan (Merlin Ecer), 16 mm Farbe,
1 Min., 39 Sek., Produktion: dffb
Leuchtturm des Chaos (Pharos of Chaos), 1982, Kinodokumentarfilm von Manfred Blank und Wolf-Eckart Bühler mit dem und über den Hollywood-Schauspieler Sterling Hayden, 16 mm Farbe, 118 Min., Prod.: Bühler/Blank, gefördert vom Bundesminister des Innern (BMI)
Vor Anker, Land unter. Ein Film mit Sterling Hayden, 1982, Dokumentarfilm von Manfred Blank und Wolf-Eckart Bühler, Fernsehfassung von Leuchtturm des Chaos, mit zusätzlichen und teils abweichenden Materialien, 16 mm Farbe, 44 Min., Prod.: WDR, Redaktion: Werner Dütsch
Michelangelo Antonioni: Chronik einer Liebe - Sonnenfinsternis, 1981, Fernseh- Essay von Manfred Blank, 2-Zoll-MAZ s/w, 44 Min., Prod.: WDR, Redaktion: Werner Dütsch
Stille, 1981, eine Ausgabe des Magazins Kino 81 von Mitarbeitern der Zeitschrift FILMKRITIK (Harun Farocki, Manfred Blank, Helmut Färber, Wolf-Eckart Bühler, Hartmut Bitomsky, Hanns Zischler), montiert und realisiert von Manfred Blank, 16 mm Farbe, 42 Min., Prod.: Harun Farocki für WDR, Redaktion: Helmut Merker
Tire-au-flanc (Der Drückeberger), 1980, Stummfilm von Jean Renoir, 1928, deutsche Bearbeitung und Musikfassung von Manfred Blank, 35 mm s/w, 120 Min., Prod.: WDR, Redaktion: Werner Dütsch
Inthronisation und Sturz. Zu einigen Motiven in den Filmen von Robert Bresson, 1977, Fernseh-Essay von Manfred Blank, 16 mm und 2-Zoll-MAZ, s/w und Farbe, 43 Min., Prod: WDR, Redaktion: Werner Dütsch
Stadt & Land & soweiter, 1975/76, Spielfilm von Manfred Blank (Abschlussfilm an der Filmhochschule), 16 mm s/w; 91 Min., Prod.: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München (HFF)
Sieben Erzählungen aus der Vorgeschichte der Menschheit, 1974/75, Episodenspielfilm mit dokumentarischen Teilen von Gerhard Metz, Wolfgang Strauß und Manfred Blank, 16 mm s/w, 156 Min., Prod.: HFF
A Nightowl‘s Grey Flight in New York City During Blackout (We Hope You Remember), 1973, Kurzspielfilm von Gerhard Metz, Wolfgang Strauß und Manfred Blank, 16 mm s/w, 32 Min., Prod.: HFF
Hulda Schändlinger, 1972, Studio-Fernsehspiel frei nach einem Stück von Kotzebue, von Michael Hoffmann, Gerhard Metz, Wolfgang Strauß und Manfred Blank, 2-Zoll-MAZ s/w, 36 Min., Prod.: HFF
Ein Denkmal für Alice, 1972, Kurzspielfilm von Manfred Blank und sechs anderen Mitgliedern der Studiengruppe, 16 mm Farbumkehr, 13 Min., Prod.: HFF
Lernen oder wie bildet man Menschen aus, 1971, Dokumentarfilm mit Spielszenen, von Ullrich Spinnarke, Wolfgang Bauernfeind, Rotraut Kühn, Andrea Spingler, Christoph Arzt und Manfred Blank, die letzten vier auch Darsteller, 16 mm s/w, 57 Min., Prod.: BR III, Redaktion: Friedrich Mager
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