Schmidt, now 85 years old, has reinvented himself again and again; the film follows his path from classical conductor to student of Stockhausen and Ligeti to CAN, and then further on to film music for Wim Wenders and Roland Klick, opera, and electronic club music. Including rare, partly private photo and video recordings from a time that now seems very exotic, colorful, and crazy this biopic »makes you want to travel back in time and gives you the chance to have been there.« – Sunburnsout.

Contributors: Irmin Schmidt, Hildegard Schmidt, Roland Klick, Wim Wenders, Gregor Schwellenbach, Helmut Zerlett.
Language: German with English subtitles.
Length: 85 minutes

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Director + Producer: Michael P. Aust
Editing: Henning Marquass
Co-direction + camera: Tessa Knapp
Additional interviews + camera: Kristina Schippling
Sound design + original music: Markus Aust
Sound mixing: Christoph Hundt
Screenplay: Sarah Schygulla
Editing WDR: Jutta Krug
Production Company: TelevisorTroika GmbH Cologne
German distributor: Real Fiction