Last night I watched the DVD of a film called ‘Wer früher stirbt ist länger tot” (He who dies earlier is dead longer).  My sister had brought it back for me from Tübingen, knowing that I like to watch German films but find it difficult to get hold of any.  This was actually one I had heard of and wanted to see; released in 2007, it has won numerous German film prizes, and I had seen it reviewed on the German news sender Deutsche Welle. (more…)