{"id":42493,"date":"2025-12-19T12:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T11:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/looks.film\/?p=42493"},"modified":"2025-12-19T13:00:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:00:21","slug":"sandmannchen-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/looks.film\/en\/sandmannchen-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"SANDM\u00c4NNCHEN FOREVER. CAREER OF A CULT FIGURE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SANDM\u00c4NNCHEN FOREVER. CAREER OF A CULT FIGURE<\/h1>\n

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We bring together those who have been touched by the Sandman in their lives \u2013 celebrities and unknowns, East Germans and West Germans, children of yesteryear and parents of today. They all have the same sparkle in their eyes when they talk about him, when they recount how they themselves were little and encountered this magical being.<\/p>\n

\u201cSandm\u00e4nnchen forever. Career of a Cult Figure\u201d is a cinematic and celebratory search for clues that reveals the secret of an icon.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ disable_custom_paddings_mobile=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1590585294391{padding-right: 70px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=””][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=””]Executive Producer<\/strong>
\nRegina Bouchehri
\nGunnar Dedio
\nBirgit Rasch<\/p>\n

A production by<\/strong>
\nLOOKSfilm<\/p>\n

for<\/strong> BR, MDR, rbb & WDR<\/p>\n

Written & directed by<\/strong>
\nSebastian Dehnhardt<\/p>\n

Head of Creative Producing<\/strong>
\nChristin Schutta<\/p>\n

Commissioning Editors
\n<\/strong>Astrid Harms-Limmer (BR)
\nSilke Heinz (MDR)
\nNina Paysen (rbb)
\nChristiane Hinz (WDR)<\/p>\n

Line Producer<\/strong>
\nHolger Koop<\/p>\n

Archive Producer<\/strong>
\nMichael Schoch
\nDamian Dinges<\/p>\n

Editor<\/strong>
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