Freedom From Fear: Ep. 14 - Armin Mueller-Stahl

Описание: He is one of the few German world stars: In this final episode, we are proud and grateful to have Armin Mueller-Stahl join the discussion on “Freedom from Fear”.

As a character actor, his filmography and list of awards is long, and he has worked with some of the most accomplished directors, e.g. Terrence Malick, Jim Jarmusch, Ron Howard and Tom Tykwer. Armin Mueller-Stahl was born in December 1930 in Tilsit, East Prussia (now Russia) and he experienced the horrors of World War 2 firsthand. War has also become the topic of his most recent exhibition of paintings in Rostock in northern Germany: Expressive images of people, landscapes, and current events, which he interprets with virtuosity. This is where the skilled eye of the meticulous observer, who approaches his environment with curiosity and sympathy, becomes apparent.

To Mueller-Strahl, art does not necessarily prove the strength of a person. But it helps artists to create a space of freedom against the injustices they encounter left and right.


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Sources:
Armin Mueller-Stahl on IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000090/

Exhibition at Kunsthalle Rostock: https://www.kunsthallerostock.de/de/a...


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About "Freedom from Fear:"

In his 1941 State of the Union address, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed four goals for “people everywhere in the world“: Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. These Four Freedoms became part of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.

Roosevelt equated "Freedom from Fear" mainly with overcoming war and violence. Today, the global consequences of the pandemic, climate change, and of rapid digital evolution and the resulting social change trigger fears all over the world. As social seismographs, the protagonists of the "Freedom from Fear" video series reflect on the significance of the right to live without fear in search of answers: How can literature, dance, music, philosophy, and politics conquer social fears?

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1941 proklamierte US-Präsident Franklin D. Roosevelt in seiner Rede zur Lage der Nation vier Ziele, die für alle Menschen weltweit gelten sollten: die Freiheit der Rede, die Freiheit der Religionsausübung, die Freiheit von Not und die Freiheit von Angst. Sie alle sind 1948 in die Allgemeine Erklärung der Menschenrechte der Vereinten Nationen aufgenommen geworden.

Während Roosevelt mit „Freedom from Fear“ vor allem die Überwindung von Krieg und Gewalt im Blick hatte, sind es heute die globalen Folgen der Pandemie, der Erderwärmung, der rasanten digitalen Entwicklung und des damit einhergehenden gesellschaftlichen Wandels, die weltweit Ängste auslösen. Als Seismographen unserer Gesellschaft reflektieren die Protagonist:innen der Videoreihe „Freedom from Fear“ die Bedeutung des Rechtes auf eine Leben ohne Angst und suchen nach Antworten, wie Literatur, Kunst, Tanz, Musik, Philosophie und Politik soziale Angst überwinden kann.