Nachrichten von den Staufern

Produced with the Great Exhibition of Stuttgart in mind, the film is about the dynasty of the Staufern family. Kluge makes use of the material to underscore his theory that at the most desperate moments of their thousand years of history, the German people have always pinned their hopes on a saviour, like the legendary return of Emperor Barbarossa, sleeping on the mountain of Kyffhäuser. (Huesca International Film Festival)