Director
WOLFGANG BRÖG was born in 1947. His
prolific production began in 1978 with By Boat into the Unknown - 1000 Miles to Lake
Turkana. At the Trento Festival, Brög won the Premio delle Nazioni for German
Annapurna Expedition. His career continued with Channel Flight, a documentary
about the first flight on the Channel in a motorized paraglider and Northface of
the Eiger. In 1989 he directed By Pedal Boat to Brazil, a spectacular solo
adventure across the Atlantic on a pedal boat, and various documentaries on the Amazon,
including The Whites determine the Borders, a critique of Brasilian politics, Tropical
Rainforest in the Amazon (1983), screened in German schools and winner of the New York
Festival and From the Orinoko to the Andes - Adventures on the Footsteps of Humboldt.
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ICARO
SOPRA LE ALPI
GLÜCKLICHER IKARUS
RIDING THE WIND
Wolfgang Brög, Germany, 2000, 52’, col, videoJust taking off and flying, free as a bird… It is one of
makind's oldest dreams.
If you are in a plane it is nothing special, but in a paraglider it is one of the last
great adventures - especially when the flight just happens to cross the Alps from North to
South.
Toni Bender, one of the best paraglider pilots in the world, made the daring decision
to do just that - and fullfilled a lifetime ambition for himself in the process.
Breathtaking impressions of a trip on the wind, in total harmony with nature. |
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