Phantom of the River

The members of the Verein Wasser-Otter-Mensch are on the tracks of the wild european otter for the last 15 years, but never spottet one. With ir-camera- traps they got the first Pictures of wild otters in Schleswig-Holstein.

Director: Ralf Bartels

Ralf Bartels, born 1963 in Oberstreu/Franconia
Like many other freshly graduated teachers in 1992 he ended up with one of the new private TV broadcasters. After 6 years as a reporter, senior duty editor and head of the RTL studios in Kiel he worked as a free author, filmmaker and producer, accompanied the foundation of a Croatian TV station as a consultant, trained young journalists and managed various editorial departments. His favourite projects, though, are NaturNah (close to nature) contributions for the broadcaster NDR. He lives with his two sons on the Baltic coast close to Hohwacht.

Germany
2014
29 Min.
German
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Director: Ralf Bartels
Script: Ralf Bartels
Cinematography: Axel Nicke
Editing: Kai Nissen
Music:
Narrator: Constantin von Westphalen
Editor: Christian Pipke (NDR)
Nominations: Wild Schleswig Holstein 2015
Website URL: www.jokerpictures.de/das-phantom-vom-fluss.html