WGS/GT/7/2 - Sebald on TV - 2. Compilation of three programmes

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Sebald on TV - 2. Compilation of three programmes

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Three documentaries on W.G. Sebald (includes footage of him). In German.

1. Schaufenster Aspekte: Literaturpreis ’90 Discussion of Schwindel. Gefühle [Vertigo]. ZDF Kultur, 1990. Thomas Hocke introduces prize candidates. Includes footage [from Doppelgänger (the living double), a film made by German television] showing WGS at St Mary's, Shotesham; sitting on a bench he surveys the overgrown churchyard and fields beyond; his house in Poringland; photographs in his books; drinking tea with his wife outside his home; and reading from Vertigo on a snow-covered bridge in Bavaria. In German. This clip shows just the section on WGS; the full recording of the awards is at WGS/GT/3/1990/2 and a digital copy is also available in the Archives.

2. [N3 or TV3?]. Documentary on the 'Die Ausgewanderten' ('The Emigrants'). Introduced by a man; footage of a horse walking through an English village; Hingham in Norfolk; WGS sitting in a lounge by a fire; mountains; graveyard; photographs in his books; Manchester. In German.

3. Review and documentary on 'Ringe des Saturn' (The Rings of Saturn). Footage of WGS walking; graveyard; Norfolk broads and windmill; WGS in lounge talking; church; coastline; the Holocaust; Joseph Conrad and the Congo (relates to The Emigrants). In German.

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