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Through interviews with companions, siblings and confidants, previously unpublished archive material and offbeat, fictional scenes, a multi-layered portrait emerges – sometimes serious, sometimes ironic, always contradictory.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.
Langhans - A Last Documentary
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.
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!”