Rainer Langhans – the old hippie with the long, white hair – is preparing for his death. The self-proclaimed last of the ‘68ers, co-founder of the Commune 1, self-promoter and contradictory outsider lives with his companions and rehearses dying.

Through interviews with companions, siblings and confidants, previously unpublished archive material and offbeat, fictional scenes, a multi-layered portrait emerges – sometimes serious, sometimes ironic, always contradictory. How can this flamboyant media figure be captured? And what remains when the pose fades? A final look at an eccentric dreamer who always only wanted one thing: to be human.

Cast

Rainer Langhans
Rainer Langhans
Reporter/Richter
Moritz Zeiske
Hofnarr
Dominik Poch
Spengler
Vassily Kazakos
Langhans - Ein Letzter Dokumentarfilm - Poster 1

Langhans - A Last Documentary

Marco Papadopoulos

  • Documentary
Production Country / Year
Germany 2025
Language
dt., engl. OF m. engl., dt. UT
Format
DCP, Color, 82min
2.39:1, Discrete 5.1
Original Title
Langhans - Ein Letzter Dokumentarfilm

Director & Crew

Marco Papadopoulos 1

Marco Papadopoulos

Born in 1992 in Bochum. Studied Film and Media Sciences and English Studies at the Ruhr University Bochum. Worked as a director’s assistant. Studied Directing and Screenwriting at the Aristotle University film school in Greece. Active as a director, screenwriter and producer.

Filmography

2020 Sarmako – eine Geschichte des Nordens Spielfilm
2024 Der Gast – Sidero & Chaliva Kurzfilm
2025 Langhans – ein letzter Dokumentarfilm Dokumentarfilm 2025
2026 Lichter & Schatten Spielfilm

“Why Rainer Langhans? Rainer Langhans is an eccentric personality, a cinematic protagonist with an unmistakable presence, whose death will mark the end of an era he helped to shape. There are countless reports about ’68 and plenty of trash TV about Langhans, but no serious and visually compelling portrait about this character. His tragicomic biography resembles a clumsy hero’s saga. That’s why – a final documentary!”

Writer
Marco Papadopoulos
Marten Conrad
Director of Photography
Jerome Chauvistré
Editor
Marisol B. Lima
Set Designer
Marten Conrad
Costume Designer
Marten Conrad
Sound
Alex Crossfield
Max Bertani
Sound Designer
Jascha Viehl
Hendrik Henkemeier
Music Composer
Tim Woköck
Make-up
Chrysa Kostraki
Kimberly Kistemaker
Producer
Marco Papadopoulos
Marten Conrad