Bikini - Trauminsel im Sperrgebiet

Gewaltige atomare Explosionen erschüttern 1946 das Bikini Atoll im Pazifik. Die amerikanischen Streitkräfte hatten sich diesen abgelegenen Platz ausgesucht, um die ersten Atombomben nach Hiroshima zu zünden. Ohne Rücksicht wurden bis 1958 im Atoll insgesamt 23 Atombomben getestet, eine Naturkatastrophe gewaltigen Ausmaßes. Heute 60 Jahre später, ist Ruhe eingekehrt. Doch wie sehr konnte sich die Natur des Atolls über-, wie unter Wasser erholen? Ein bislang nur wenig erforschtes Naturparadies ist entstanden.

Director: Klaus Scheurich

Klaus Scheurich is a cinematographer and producer at Marco Polo Film AG in Heidelberg and in charge of development and production of documentary films.
He is a certified geologist and interested in nature, environmental and scientific themes. He is married to writer and filmmaker Annette Scheurich and has one son.
In 1986 Klaus Scheurich founded the production company Marco Polo Film together with his wife. Since then, he shot and produced numerous nature and expedition films, many of which have won international prizes. He works for national and international broadcasters and organisations and was behind the camera for Werner Herzogs award-winning documentary film „The White Diamond“.
Klaus Scheurich is one of the pioneers for shooting High Definition films in Germany. For years, he has been working with HD devices, gaining extensive in-depth knowledge. As an expert on HDTV, he is a frequent guest at panel discussions and lecturer at conferences, festivals and other events such as: Dokville, Science, Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival, Naturale, Discovery Campus Symposium, ZDF-HD-Seminar, Insight-Out Hff Acadamy, Potsdam und IRT-Symposien.

Germany
2006
43 Min.
Director: Klaus Scheurich
Script: Annette Scheurich
Cinematography: Klaus Scheurich, Jan Hinrich Hoffmann, Lawrence Wahba, Joao H. Souza Talocchi
Editing: André D. Conrad
Music: Georg Reichelt
Narrator: Olaf Pessler, Marcel Steuermann
Editor: Ann-Christin Hornberger (ZDF/arte)