Film Premiere: “Of Hammered Dulcimers, Free Spirits and an Old Apple Tree

The director describes his artistic approach as follows: “In filmmaking, I am often drawn to the small moments, to stories that come my way by chance; I then make them a little bigger, a little more meaningful.” But what exactly is “chance”? Does life follow a predetermined plan, or is it governed by chaos and probability? A chance encounter between Hermann Willisch (1938), Ephraim Salzmann (1979) and Willy-Franz Kurth (1954) gave rise to a spontaneous film project guided by the motto: “Only sometimes is chance truly chance.” The film explores the fascination of the hammered dulcimer, delves into the essence of the free spirit and reveals how a falling apple set everything in motion.