Die Elbphilharmonie - von der Vision zur Wirklichkeit (2016)

One of the best concert halls in the world is to be built in the Hafencity, Hamburg, Germany. The film shows the immense effort required for the best sound experience: from the suspension of the whole concert hall to the acoustics tests in the huge 1: 10 model and the latest acoustics-related changes to the seating of the chairs. When the NDR team shot the first pictures for a documentary about the construction of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg in April 2005, they all assumed that the concert hall would be finished in no later than four years. But: It has become one of the longest filmed productions in the history of NDR television. Over a period of eleven and a half years, the largest construction site in Hamburg is documented in this film by all its ups and downs.