Benedikt Mitmannsgruber: 1996

Benedikt Mitmannsgruber presents in "1996" a humorous and thought-provoking journey through his family history and his own life. At the age of 30, he discovers a yellowed photo album in the attic that leads him back to his roots. The journey begins at the start of the 20th century, when his great-grandparents had 15 children in a small village on the Czech border. In the 1960s, his parents grew up next to the Iron Curtain—in a region whose affiliation was unclear.

With the fall of the Iron Curtain in the 1990s, Benedikt was born, a child who never quite fit into this world but loved it with all its quirky peculiarities. The show blends personal anecdotes with social observations and is a tribute to growing up in the provinces. Mitmannsgruber shows how his two parents and four grandparents shaped him despite difficult circumstances. An entertaining love letter to forgotten places and a humorous reflection on family and home.