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In 1983 a bomb exploded in the Maison de France in West Berlin. The professional cyclist, Michael Haritz, is killed in the blast, just as his peace movement group is about to hand in a petition to the French Consulate General. He becomes the accidental victim of a private war, which his murderer, Johannes Weinrich, is waging on behalf of a terrorist named Carlos against the French State, for the sake of a beautiful woman. Maison de France is a film in memory of the countless victims of terror, whose photographs disappear from the newspapers a few days after the incident and who are then forgotten forever. In a double portrait, two completely conflicting life stories are reconstructed from the perspective of both perpetrator and victim, leading to the Maison de France, where their paths finally and fatally cross. Of all the German terrorists, Johannes Weinrich, who was still a figure in the Frankfurt student movement in 1968, takes the most radical and bloodstained route. In contrast, the peace movement gives new meaning to the life of Michael Haritz; after a career as a sportsman, he chooses the path of non-violent protest – and loses his life as a result.

Germany - 2003 - 1 h 28 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Stefan Suchalla Script Stefan Suchalla Camera Dietmar Ratsch Sound Salar Ghazi Editing Salar Ghazi Music Gino Pecora

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