München - Tagebuch eines Studenten (1962)

The lively portrait of Munich, seen through the eyes of an American student. We stroll with him through the streets, look for a room and enroll at the university. Tradition and modernity merge in front of us; the Corpus Christi procession in the city center is followed by a walk in the English Garden and a binge at the Oktoberfest. Behind the camera is the 22-year-old Roland Klick, who later developed into a great and brilliant outsider in New German Film. It is no coincidence that something like a Bavarian Nouvelle Vague appears here, because in Schwabing there were young filmmakers at the time who, despite their diversity, are referred to as the Neue Munchner Gruppe. They help each other to produce short documentary and experimental films. While the signatories of the Oberhausen Manifesto want to give the young German film an intellectual and socio-political direction, the works of the men exude a different kind of urge for freedom.