Netherlands 2022Language:English, German, DutchSubtitles:EnglishDirector:Oeke HoogendijkWriter:Oeke Hoogendijk, Fabie HulsebosCinematographer:Gregor Meerman NSCEditor:Sander Vos NCESound:Tim van Peppen, Michel SchöppingProducer:Jantien EkkesProduction Company:WitfilmDistributor:Witfilm120 min, Colour

Brilliant, megalomaniac, unfeasible: these are just some of the words used to describe the gigantic opera cycle LICHT, the oeuvre of the legendary and controversial composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Brilliant, megalomaniac and unapproachable is how the composer himself appears to us. Along the preparations for the premiere of this cycle, directed by Pierre Audi, the film traverses a field of tension between conservation and reinterpretation, a field of tension between ego, lover and father. The monument Stockhausen is polished in parts. And through this, the human being Karlheinz becomes more tangible. 

Director's Biography:Oeke Hoogendijk was born on 5 August 1961 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She is a director and writer, known for MY REMBRANDT (2019), HET NIEUWE RIJKSMUSEUM - DE FILM (2014) and THE TREASURES OF CRIMEA (2021).

Director's Filmography:
2021 THE TREASURES OF CRIMEA (DOC)
2021 HOUSEWITZ (DOC)
2019 MY REMBRANDT (DOC)
2019 MARTEN & OOPJEN: PORTRET VAN EEN HUWELIJK (DOC)