102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
Directed by Jesper Wachtmeister Written by Björn Cederberg Initial release 1998 Cinematography Per Källberg Cast Mikael Persbrandt | Produced by Cecilia Cederström Edited by Jesper Wachtmeister Director Jesper Wachtmeister Editor Jesper Wachtmeister | |
Starring Ernst Jünger
Björn Cederberg
Mikael Persbrandt Production
company Martin & Co. Filmproduktion Similar Bang Bang Orangutang, Beck – Vita nätter, Beck – Öga för öga, Die Patin – Kein Weg zurück, The Last Contract | ||
102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger (Swedish: 102 år i hjärtat av Europa) is a Swedish documentary film from 1998 directed by Jesper Wachtmeister. It consists of an interview by the journalist Björn Cederberg with the German writer, philosopher and war veteran Ernst Jünger (1895-1998). Jünger talks about his life, his authorship, his interests and ideas. The actor Mikael Persbrandt reads passages from some of Jünger's works, such as Storm of Steel, The Worker, On the Marble Cliffs and The Glass Bees.
Cederberg had interviewed Jünger eight years earlier but only in text. Jünger had declined to participate in the film project, but the film team still decided to travel to the village Wilflingen, where Jünger lived, and make an attempt. As a gift, they gave Jünger, known for his interest in botany and zoology, an 18th-century print of Carl Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, and were granted an interview.