POST-PRODUCTION
Due to the fact that the life story of Dr. Ottara Kem was closely bound to contemporary events, much historical visual material was carefully researched: 117 potential sources, amongst them professional archives and private people, were searched for relevant material.
That meant 300 hours of archive material to view for the pre-selection, added to this were 2000 documents and photos to be scanned and 160 hours of our own footage. A mammoth task for the post-production, which required particularly diligent logistics and preparation from Sterntaucher.
The essence of the material should, after all, find its way into a 100 minute long film with the help of editor Steven Wilhelm: "There was really a lot of material, also archive material, which was perfectly organised. We made our way slowly, piece by piece, and then reshuffled whole blocks again and again. We took our time with this, though, and didn't try to force it into a corset, we approached the story carefully."
