Christian Berkel: Sputnik

In the final volume of his trilogy of novels, Christian Berkel also retraces his life, but even more than a look back, this story is a journey out of it into a frighteningly changed present, in which we will never understand who we are without the past.
On October 4, 1957, the first satellites reach Earth orbit. Shortly afterwards, Sputnik saw the light of day in West Berlin. He grows up between the stories of Sala, his beloved mother, who holds up her own images to reality, and his father Otto's books. From an early age, the world becomes a stage for him, everyone seems to play a role, and how else could one understand life? As a teenager, he escaped to Paris: to the world of literature and to Annie, who taught him about desire, love and jealousy. And his return to Germany: right into the heart of the up-and-coming theater world of the 1970s. A wild time of experimentation begins, until Sputnik begins to suspect who he is, or at least who he could be.
Moderator: Margarete von Schwarzkopf

Christian Berkel, born in West Berlin in 1957, is one of the best-known German actors. He has been involved in numerous European film productions as well as Hollywood blockbusters and has been awarded the Bambi, the Golden Camera and the German Television Prize, among others. His debut novel "Der Apfelbaum" and the follow-up "Ada" were celebrated by critics and readers alike.