Storyline

A documentary essay film about coincidences, shattered lives and posthumous fame. A found footage family film about love and passion, friendship and heartbreak in Berlin between the wars. But ​a film ​also about self-sufficiency and recycling​, about the green movement and the environment​ – before these ​notion​s had yet been properly invented. And it ​touches​ the utopian potential of ideas that have lain buried in the ground of an island for the past 70 years. The film’s protagonist, Martin Elsaesser, was one of the most prominent modernist architects of Weimar Germany.

Key Information

Director Thomas Elsaesser
Language DE

Frequently Asked Questions

The Sun Island was released on June 1, 2017.

The runtime of The Sun Island is 1h 29m.

The Sun Island is a Documentary movie.

The Sun Island is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.

The Sun Island was directed by Thomas Elsaesser.

The Sun Island is originally in German.