Once Upon a Time in India - Film screening with Henning Stegmüller and Prof. Hans Harder

The South Asia Institute cordially invites you to the screening of the film "Once Upon a Time in India" in the company of its author Henning Stegmüller and with the participation of Prof. Hans Harder, Head of the Department of Modern Languages. The film will be shown in the Institute of Ethnology, building 4110, room 110.02.05 (2nd floor) on Friday, 12 April at 18:00.

 

Photographer and filmmaker Henning Stegmüller had his first encounter with the Indian state of Maharashtra in 1984 as part of a documentary for German television. While making the film, he met the Indologist Günther Sontheimer, through whom he became involved in a network of relationships between shepherds, scientists, writers and industrialists. They made documentary films together. In the illustrated book "Once upon a time in India", Henning Stegmüller documented his collaboration with Günther Sontheimer, who has since passed away. The film "A Divine Play on Earth: Sontheimer´s Discovery of India", which will be shown as part of the event, also tells of his work in India.