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Jubiläum 2014 - 10 Jahre The Atlantic Times

Im Oktober 2014 feiert The Atlantic Times ihr zehnjähriges
Bestehen. Das sind zehn Jahre, in denen wir in den USA
kontinuierlich über deutsche Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur
berichtet haben. Ein kurzer Rückblick:

Die erste Ausgabe von The Atlantic Times wurde am
6. Oktober 2004 bei einem Empfang in der Residenz
des Deutschen Botschafters in Washington D.C.
präsentiert. „Wir möchten mit dieser Zeitung eine Brücke
schlagen zwischen Deutschland und den USA“, erklärte
Herausgeber Theo Sommer den hohen Gästen aus Politik
und Wirtschaft. „Die Zeitung will die transatlantischen
Beziehungen in den nächsten Abschnitt begleiten.“
Prominente Transatlantiker wie Henry A. Kissinger,
                                                               Am 6. Oktober 2004 vor der Botschafter-Residenz in
Helmut Schmidt und der damalige Bundeskanzler
                                                               Washington D.C.: (von links) Herausgeber Theo Sommer,
Gerhard Schröder waren mit einem Beitrag in der                Verleger Detlef W. Prinz und der damalige US-Senator
Erstausgabe vertreten.                                         Richard G. Lugar mit der ersten Ausgabe von The Atlantic
                                                               Times.
Die unabhängige Zeitung The Atlantic Times trägt seitdem
                                                               Verleger Detlef W. Prinz übergibt ein druckfrisches Exemplar
durch eine regelmäßige Berichterstattung wesentlich
                                                               von The Atlantic Times an den ehemaligen US-Präsidenten
zur differenzierten Wahrnehmung eines modernen                 George Bush Senior.
Deutschlandbilds im Ausland bei. Das Erfolgskonzept
der englischsprachigen Qualitätszeitung aus Deutschland        Auch US-Präsident George W. Bush bekommt bei seinem
wurde inzwischen ausgeweitet auf Europa und die Region         Besuch in Deutschland im Februar 2005 bei einem
                                                               gemeinsamen Mittagsessen mit Gerhard Schröder eine
Asien-Pazifik, die mit fortschreitender Globalisierung neben
                                                               Ausgabe von The Atlantic Times überreicht.
den USA ebenfalls wichtige Weltwirtschaftsmärkte und
Handelspartner Deutschlands sind.

Die TIMES-Publikationen sind bis heute die einzigen                    October 6, 2004: In front of the Ambassador’s residence
                                                                      in Washington. From left: executive editor Theo Sommer,
umfassend berichtenden Zeitungen aus Deutschland, die                  publisher Detlef W. Prinz and Senator Richard G. Lugar
in englischer Sprache erscheinen; sie werden international                            with the first issue of The Atlantic Times.
beachtet und intensiv gelesen. Führungskräfte aus
Politik und Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Lehre und Kultur                  Publisher Detlef W. Prinz hands the latest issue of The
schätzen die Zeitungen als wichtiges unabhängiges                      Atlantic Times to former President George H. W. Bush.
Informationsmedium. Der exklusive Verteiler                             US President George W. Bush also received his copy of
erreicht eine hochkarätige Leserschaft, die über eine                 The Atlantic Times during a visit to Germany in February
überdurchschnittliche meinungsbildende Kraft verfügt.                   2005, during lunch with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        through                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A Herrenknecht “shield”              engineers − it needs 70,000 more
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   mental
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ready      groups
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         clearing neighbor-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       woods
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Gott   hard       now mostly forSwitzerland’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 accom-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          the world’s                                                          outer space that
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Engineers     calltouched
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      these down    to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              devices        front reducing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             metal     grids andgranite
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     struts                                                                            Over 13 kilometers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       being dismantled after
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   nificantly in recent years,                                                                                        Steelmaker Thyssen-Krupp, for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Gabriel said the markets of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ing   towns     filed    lawsuits.       The       Gotthardtransportation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      plished.         massif for the world’s                                                                  annihilate the earth.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               tunnel-boring    machinesTheand
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     put in                                                                            of rock remain.                      to be exact – a gap that increases     industry needs far more                                                                                      example, sponsors a competition
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ing construction.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         towns                                        largest                                    tunnel.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      led lawsuits.         The                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         the future were green and
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   court                     those                    largest
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               come    in way
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           all through
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                shapes andthe moun-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                sizes.       chunksOnce
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             place.       whilethefarther
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      giant                                                                            Company chief Martin                 by 12,000 each year, according         well-trained people. Not                                                                     Of those,       “Young People Think About the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   court     will                                     Fifty-seven           kilometers                rock                                                                                                                                                                                                             tunnel through the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   an  expansion
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       workers   forhave cases
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Heath-al-     Fifty-seven           kilometers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Herrenknecht (left).                 to a recent study. The economy is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        had enormous potential. The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   in June,     but workers          have     al-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      do
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      in   the
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Herrenknecht             rock
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      said.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 accom-                                                        tain; resistance
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             advances,        theanchors,
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        report said the demand for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   row
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ready   Airport
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         clearing         been
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      “Wimps”           is onemostly             accom-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    of his favorite                                                              Engineers
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              13 kilometers                 suffering as a result – the Associa-   began can change that.                                                                      between 25       figure out for themselves how their
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ready    begun        clearing      woods          plished.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          eco-friendly goods is set to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   approved
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   for             despite
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        construction.           opposition
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                In   the    UK,       plished.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       companies.                           tion of German Engineers (VDI)           The situation is perfect for                                                              and 50 years     generation chooses its course of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   for expansion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        construction.                                   “No Itpoint   conveys  in aletting
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       message:       Her-
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   by
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   an  environmentalists planInforthe  and  UK,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Heath-lo-       “No
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      renknecht
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       through    wimps
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      any-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      said.                                                    come inforallgasshapes
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  and water     sizes.       place. Once
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             engineers           the giant
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            to work   their                                                                            Company     chief Martin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       has to invest     more in            and the private Institute for the      women like Radau, since both                                                                old,      the    study. The arrangement substan-         double between 2005 and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   an  expansion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   cals.                 plan also
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 for Heath-           do the “Building
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   row     Airport has
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   row Airport           has opposition
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 also been
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    of    his favorite that                                                    electricity  and telecommunica-               magic.                                                                                                     researchers       and spend
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   approved        despite                            “Wimps”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      overcome
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  in place,                                                                             researchers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        more    money to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        companies.        and     their
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             improve
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Germany         costs add up to €7.2 billion annu-     recognized the harm in choosing                                                           tive years for        Taken together, all these mea-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   approved
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   by              despite opposition
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         will geta message:
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             route           rail or road
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       is scheduled      to                                                                             companies.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              to and        Germany
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       when           any-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 tunnels                                                       tunnels for gas and water pipes,              engineers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             open       in to2017.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Not                                                                              has said.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Herrenknecht     in      The dearth of specialized staff      the workforce. Just 11 percent                                                            Politicians are    engineers in Germany. First reports
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      thing.      “Building                            that                                                                                                                                                                                                             young      people;      spend                                                                                                                                                                                                   The rise in gasoline prices in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Russia
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      were
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        even the    machines
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        more       people;
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                example  toby   spend
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                donat-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             improve        means that projects have to be         of Germany's 654,000 engineers                                                            doing their        of success are beginning to trickle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        the first half of 2008 encour-
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      pickaxes
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Zurich      new      railroad
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the north   to Bellinzona        ing rocks day in and day out and                           more money
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ing to a school
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     hisuniversities,
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ■ Schröder
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  southern               to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Switzerland    by an        with corporate life. He wanted                and endowing schools    and  universities,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                university     profes-      pleted with delays. Customers are      longer afford such a low quota.                                                            that tide or at   young people began studying engi-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        aged more Germans to use
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ■ Schröder
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      sets   said.   Herrenknecht
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Russia
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    travel time
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            trucks   no longerby      an
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Gerhard      Schröder      will  join              worker              kilometer.                                                                                                                                                                                                                       sorships.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   the  boardbillionaire
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   the board     of Russian   oil giant
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      underground
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               by chance,             dan-
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      company
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        could         – accidents
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     day,”      Herren-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Work   of                                                                                                  a Herrenknecht’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 little easier as machines
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       thousandscost  of     aGerman
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 certainparliament
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           premier  as Lothar    Späth, theBut
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       aofbusinessman.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Russian
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Russian     billionaire
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             partners.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             partners.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             a certain
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      of millions     oflonger
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          euros.belch
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    The       servative
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              track.      CDU party offulminates
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Herrenknecht          Chancel-      does
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           and     anot  mean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      company    hetrustee,
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                appre-                                             promotions and family-friendly                                                           and moving          future.                            ■
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  sides has     strong
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   The     two            have    been                underground
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      kinship
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      gerous        with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   to         still
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        thisthe        remains
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   workers
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  toiling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         “Something                                                                                                           their way
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              entirely         through Swiss
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          family-owned      company  vil-     lor Angela
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              against   what Merkel.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                he calls the anti-         and a what
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           politician.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           “I Herrenknecht      appre-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     do everything  has
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      away
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      can        into the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            happen      this    day.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              dark.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         “Those
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              hopes                                              He believes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              technology     crowd Germany
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      of former is,stu-
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           done keepaswhat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       you     Herrenknecht
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       a businessman.winning        has
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Buta that
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   seat
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       bitter  dispute                can happen           every     day,”a Herren-                                                                                                             Herrenknecht’s         machines circ-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    cost      a certain    extent, on the thepolitical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                wrong      done
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           in       as amean
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          businessman.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   time
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          theoffice,
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          of the   com-               hands-on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      knecht           straightforward
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   said.     He feels             people
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 certain                                                       ally remote-controlled and rather              Russia    – a fourth expressway                 dent  revolutionaries,                       does     not          heSpäth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     backsishim    astoa
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      of millions     of euros.     The       track. Herrenknecht
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              of formerfulminates          does not
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   as a
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   then-president
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      away          with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  biggest          workers
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                machine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              dark.      “Those   toiling
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Herren- are                                                    are capable of realizing projects              entirely
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              €70     andfamily-owned
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              foreign   what heJoschka
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     calls the    anti-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Fischer.     politician.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           businessman         will winning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               then  do  everything
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ties Schröder
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             office, and,   during
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      already
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      forged         his
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               achairs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 close                away in straightf
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      knecht’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      hands-on         the    dark. “Those
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        company            ever built   are                                                    tionsside-by-side
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               for    lines, projects  that are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    subway       usu-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              tracks,         hopes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The tocompany,
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        which          in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   calls      technology
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              One    example crowd    of former
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 is the            stu-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Transrapid       to keep
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           in          you from
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  necessary
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                parliament,”    partywinning
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Späthsupport  a seat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            is said  for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   time   in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Gazprom’s office,  forged
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Nord
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   relationship with Russia’s  a close
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Stream                 hands-on straightforward
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      measures          more than 15 meters       people                                                       ally remote-controlled
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               high-speed                 and rather
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               railway lines      and         Russia the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              itself    – a fourth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              worldexpressway
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       leader incirc- its     dent revolutionaries,
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           train   – a     ainBundestag
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     told Herrenknecht.               to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   relationship
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   pipeline           with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               venture,       Russia’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           which   isPu-
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      employs–2,500valuedpeople,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           at between
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    and       generation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              project         of former
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        developed       by German           have
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Backtold
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      fromHerrenknecht.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               then   failed to The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  unsuccessful      run
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    win
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   then-president       Vladimir
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   then-president
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   supply    Russian    Vladimir
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         natural     Pu-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    gas                 The biggest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      apartment                 machine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         building.       On the Herren-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     front                                                     are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Thecapable
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        most ofcomplicated
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 realizing projects
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                proj-         €70 andrevenue
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              boosted      €100 million.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     of about €1 bil-         foreign minister
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              engineers    that wasJoschka    Fischer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       subsequently         businessman
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the   public offithen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  necessary     party failed
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        supportto win
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ce, Herrenknecht     for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   tin. Schröder      already   chairs
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   tin. Schröder      alreadythrough
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                chairs                knecht’s
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                                                               And action!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ■ Jury complete
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The jury for the Berlin Interna-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              tional Film Festival, the Berli-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              nale, has been announced. The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2/1 Seite Panorama
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  48.000,– Euro
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              panel to select the winners of
                 The 59th Berlinale means glamour and great cinema | By Klaus Grimberg                                                                                                                                                                                                        the Golden Bear, Silver Bears
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              and the Alfred Bauer Award, is
    Famous directors, movie                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   headed by actress Tilda Swin-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ton. Other members include
    stars and films dedicated

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  607,5 mm [B] x 530 mm [H]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Spanish writer-director Isabel
    to the effects of global-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Coixet, Swedish best-selling
    ization on the individual                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 author Henning Mankell, Ger-
    – the 59th annual film                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     man director Christoph Sch-
    festival in Berlin prom-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  lingensief and California food
    ises once again to be a                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   guru Alice Waters.
    feast for cinema fans.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ■ Go for the Oscar

    T
              wo major international
              productions largely                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             The German movie “Baader
              made at Babelsberg Stu-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Meinhof Komplex,” a true-life
              dios just outside Berlin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        account of the 1970s left-

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    are having their big premiere at                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          wing Red Army Faction (RAF)
    the Berlin Film Festival – German                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         terrorist group, is among five
    director Tom Tykwer (“Per-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                nominees for best foreign lan-
    fume,” “Run Lola Run”) opens                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              guage film at the Oscars. The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 MELINDA SUE GORDON, SMPSP

    the Berlinale with “The Inter-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            movie is based on the true
    national.” This action thriller,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          story about RAF founders

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  € 48,000
    about criminal activities in the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Andreas Baader and Ulrike
    financing of war and terrorism,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Meinhof, whose radical left-
    has an all-star cast that includes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        wing movement terrorized
    Clive Owen, Naomi Watts and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Germany in the 1970s with
    Armin Müller-Stahl.                  Jacob, Michel Piccoli, Willem           Messenger,” there is Rebecca                                                                      showing their latest works from         A movie on the risks and side                                      its kidnappings and murder
      Another star-studded lineup        Dafoe and Bruno Ganz for “The           Miller with “The Private Lives of                                                                 the director’s chair. Panorama          effects of reading: “The Reader”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  607,5 mm [w] x 530 mm [d]
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           based on the novel by German
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              of prominent politicians and
    graces the film adaptation of the     Dust of Time.”                          Pippa Lee,” with a cast includ-                                                                   also traditionally offers young                                                                            business leaders.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           writer Bernhard Schlink.
    international bestseller, “The         The international jury, chaired       ing Robin Wright Penn, Keanu                                                                      filmmakers of art house films the         The leading roles are played by
    Reader,” by Bernhard Schlink.        by Scottish actress Tilda Swinton,      Reeves, Julianne Moore and                                                                        chance to reach a wider audience.       Kate Winslet and David Kross.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Four other German produc-
    British director Stephen Daldry      will also be judging the latest         Winona Ryder. And to wind up                                                                      At the Forum, where indepen-                                                                               tions are nominated, including
    (“The Hours”) has interpreted        offerings from British director         the festival, Steve Martin gets to                                                                dent cinema is based, a world of          To mark this year’s 20th                                         Werner Herzog with “Encoun-
    the ambivalent story of love         Stephen Frears, French directors        save the world again using Inspec-                                                                experimentation is reflected – 31        anniversary of the fall of the                                     ters At the End Of The World”
    between a youth and a former         Bertrand Tavernier and François         tor Clouseau’s unconventional                                                                     nations are represented here.           Berlin Wall, the Berlinale is also                                 for Best Documentary, as well
    concentration camp guard with        Ozon, Danish director Annette K.        methods in “Pink Panther II.”                                                                       This year’s Berlinale retrospec-      showing the series “After winter                                   as Jochen Alexander Freydank
    Kate Winslet, David Kross            Olesen and her Polish colleague            Entries from Germany are Maren                                                                 tive is dedicated to the power of       comes the spring – Films presag-                                   for his 14-minute-film “Spiel-
    and Ralph Fiennes in the main        Andrzej Wajda. And fans can look        Ade’s “Alle Anderen,” and Hans-                                                                   wide-screen images, under the           ing the fall of the Wall,” featur-                                 zeugland” (Toyland) and Reto
    roles.                               forward to seeing plenty of stars       Christian Schmid’s “Storm.” Also,                                                                 title “70 mm.” The program              ing German and Eastern Euro-                                       Caffi’s “Auf der Strecke” (On
      European cinema is putting         on the red carpet outside the Ber-      a compilation by 13 German direc-                                                                 includes 22 greats, including clas-     pean films from the last decade                                     The Line), both in the category
    up some strong competitors for       linale Palast, including Michelle       tors makes its premiere under the                                                                 sics such as “Cleopatra (1961-          of the Cold War – which hint at                                    Short Film – Live Action. The
    the Golden and Silver Bears.         Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Tommy Lee        title, “Deutschland 09” – it aims                                                                 63), “Lawrence of Arabia”               the tumultuous changes to come.                                    German-U.S. co-production
    British director Sally Potter        Jones and John Goodman.                 to report on the current situation                                                                (1961-62), and “2001: A Space           Some of these films were made                                       “The Reader” was nominated
    (“Orlando”) has put together           The world’s movie superpower,         in the country.                                                                                   Odyssey” (1965-68). The selec-          at official studios in Bulgaria,                                    among others for Best Film
    a promising ensemble of Judi         the U.S., is making only a modest          In its 30th year, the Panorama                                                                 tion is also an homage to the           Poland, Rumania, Hungary, East                                     and Best Director (Stephan
    Dench, Jude Law, Dianne Wiest        contribution to this year’s festival.   section also has famous names                                                                     great movie houses of the past,         Germany, the Soviet Union, and                                     Daldry).
    and Steve Buscemi in “Rage.”         Alongside newcomers Mitchell            on offer. Julie Delpy, Tom                                                                        among which the International           Czechoslovakia; some were cre-
    And veteran Greek director           Lichtenstein with “Happy Tears”         DiCillo, Michael Winterbottom                                                                     remains one of the favorite festi-      ated in the underground artistic                                   The Oscars will be awarded in
    Theo Angelopoulos got Irene          and Oren Moverman with “The             and Michael Glawogger will be                                                                     val cinemas.                            scene.                          ■                                  Los Angeles on Feb. 22.

                                                                                                                                                                                                     A joker for the
             1/2 Seite quer economic miracle                                                                                                                                         Heinz Erhardt taught the Germans to laugh again

             12.000,– Euro                                                                                                                                                                            By Jan Kepp
                                                                                                                                                                                   In the years after World
                                                                                                                                                                                   War II, there was no one
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           verbal acrobat who could find
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           a joke in even the most banal of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Hamburg after the war, added
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             a pinch of Hanseatic understate-

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                                                                                                                                                                                   the Germans preferred                   situations.                                                       ment.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Erhardt was the humorous                                         Erhardt got his big break in
                                                                                                                                                                                   to laugh at more than                   backbone of Germany’s eco-                                        Berlin shortly before the war.
                                                                                                                                                                                   Heinz Erhardt (1909-                    nomic miracle. He was not a                                       Until then, he had been just get-
                                                                                                                                                                                   1979). For no one was                   man to wade through the swamp                                     ting by, running the music shop
                                                                                                                                                                                   better at making jokes                  of Germany’s recent history. His                                  in Riga he had inherited from his
                                                                                                                                                                                   without reminding                       masterful wordplay was honed                                      grandfather. With the encour-
    Cinema with a luxurious twist: the Astor Film Lounge in Berlin.                                                                                                                                                        on the little problems of everyday                                agement of his wife, Gilda, he
                                                                                                                                                                                   people of the past.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                           life, on absurdities and ambigui-                                 accepted an offer to perform at
                                                                                                                                                                                           ome of his best poems are       ties. Erhardt was always in tune                                  the famous Kabarett der Künstler
                                                                                                                                                                                           very short – just four lines.   with ordinary people. And he hurt                                 in 1938. His talent for enter-
                                                                                                                                                                                           A scene is outlined in a few    no one – his wit was sharp but did                                tainment helped him get through

             1/2 page across
                                                                                                                                                                                           words, brought to a small,      not cause injury. That may well be                                World War II, which he spent on
                                                                                                                                                                                   dramatic climax – and followed          the reason why he was so popular                                  tour, entertaining the troops.
                        Berlin is enjoying the first luxury                                                                                                                         up by a dry punchline. The man          in the 1950s and 1960s.                                             After the war, he worked in
                                                                                                                                                                                   on the stage is small, round, and          Yet it would be wrong to dis-                                  radio as a musician, presenter and
                           movie theater in the world                                                                                                                              blinking at his audience through        miss him as harmless. Erhardt,                                    comedian. British censors told
                                                                                                                                                                                   thick glasses. He barely waits for      born in Riga (then part of Russia),                               him: “You are the only German

             € 12,000
    You can only find                     Astor the theater has become an         movie theaters still left in Berlin                                                               the laughter to end before calling      wrote verse in the tradition of                                   we can laugh at without under-
    it in Berlin. In the                 oasis of relaxation. The comfort-       at the 11th hour. Since the fall of                                                               out “Another poem!”                     Rainer Maria Rilke and Joachim                                    standing a word you say.” What
                                         able atmosphere comes at a price,       the wall, one traditional movie                                                                     At a time when Germans were           Ringelnatz, Kurt Tucholsky and                                    greater honor could there be for
    Astor Film Lounge on
                                         though. Tickets cost between €10        theater after another has been                                                                    only just learning to laugh again,      Erich Kästner, and of the many                                    a comic? Soon, Erhardt was back
    Kurfürstendamm, servers              and €15 depending on the film.           forced to close since large fashion                                                               Heinz Erhardt walked the tight-         cheeky chansons and couplets of                                   on the big stages of Germany,
    dish up exquisite finger                Surprisingly, Hans-Joachim            chains can afford to pay far higher                                                               rope of language with cunning           the 1920s. Erhardt perfected the                                  building on his earlier success.

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    food and champagne to                Flebbe, the very man who a              rents. This theater has remained                                                                  and hidden meaning. He was a            rhyming joke, and, settling in                                      But Erhardt really became a
    movie buffs.                         decade or so ago played a key           unscathed as it is set back from                                                                                                                                                                            household name because of the

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                                         role in establishing multiplexes        the boulevard and is accessed via                                                                                                                                                                           many movies he made from 1957
         t is not possible to imagine    in Germany, is behind the project.      a narrow passageway. The previ-                                                                                                                                                                             onward. Seen from today’s per-
         a more comfortable the-         The erstwhile boss of Cinemaxx          ous owner actually wanted to                                                                                                                                                                                spective, this was the down side of
         ater seat. Film lovers can      wants to attract back that part of      close the theater because screen-                                                                                                                                                                           his career. In these corny roman-
         watch as Nicole Kidman and      the public, which until recently,       ings seldom sold out.                                                                                                                                                                                       tic comedies with their predict-
    Hugh Jackman get more closely        preferred to make themselves              In the two weeks since the                                                                                                                                                                                able plots, Erhardt’s spontane-
    acquainted in the Australian out-    comfortable in front of the wide-       cinema’s re-opening as the Astor                                                                                                                                                                            ous wit is almost completely lost.
    back from the extra wide, reclin-    screen TV at home.                      Film Lounge, much has changed                                                                                                                                                                               The quick-thinking humor that
    ing leather armchairs. If you rest     Flebbe, 57, has pepped up the         in this respect. Over Christmas                                                                                                                                                                             was his trademark on stage was
    your legs on the leather stools      traditional movie theater to a          and New Year, the cinema’s two                                                                                                                                                                              trapped in a cage of silly, bom-
    when you’re in the Astor Film        level of absolute luxury at a cost      daily screenings of the melodra-                                                                                                                                                                            bastic scripts. But the audience in
    Lounge, you feel like you’re flying   of €800,000. Now the movie              matic epic “Australia” were sold                                                                                                                                                                            those days did not mind. His films
    first class in an Airbus.             theater, which was built in 1951        out.                                                                                                                                                                                                        were hits at the box office.
      Servers bring tantalizing mor-     and is a protected building,              In the event of his idea prevail-                                                                                                                                                                           His recordings and volumes
    sels of finger food, ranging from     accommodates just 250 seats.            ing in the long-term, Flebbe is                                                                                                                                                                             of poetry still sell well today,

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    €15 to €18, until the main fea-      Before, there were almost twice         planning an elaborate program                                                                                                                                                                               and in a survey by Germany’s
    ture gets underway. Someone          as many. Though the projection          design with short films or stand-                                                                                                                                                                            ZDF television network, Erhardt
    looking for something a touch        and sound technology is state-          up comedians on hand to warm                                                                                                                                                                                was voted the German’s second-
    more exclusive can find wine or       of-the-art, much of the charm of        up audiences before the main                                                                                                                                                                                favorite comic of all time, after
    champagne on the wine list for       the 1950s has been preserved.           feature. Assuming success, the                                                                                                                                                                              Loriot. His movies often pop up
    up to €590.
      Out with the super-sized popcorn
                                         A curtain in front of the screen
                                         rises and falls before and after
                                                                                 entrepreneur wants to bring his
                                                                                 idea of high-end movie theaters
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    charm of multiplex cinemas. From     screenings – cinema gets back           to other large cities.          KG                                                                                                                                                                          anniversary of his birth.        ■
    the doorman to the cloakroom         its style.
    attendant to the hostess who shows     Flebbe’s investment is preserv-                                                                                                                                                                                                                   The economic miracle’s
                                                                                  www.astor-filmlounge.de
    you the way to your seat, in the     ing one of the last Ku’damm                                                                                                                                                                                                                         funnybone: Heinz Erhardt.

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