Documentary, 1996, 35min. Camera: Primo Mazzoni Assistance: Florian Gelzer Production: Thomas Lehmann, video studio at the university of Basel World premiere on April, 24th 1996 Kulturwerkstatt Kaserne Basel-Switzerland German premiere on July, 14th 1996 Nuremberg I visited the German writer Hermann Kesten at his retirement home in the Swiss village Riehen in 1995 for the first time in order to write an article for a German newspaper. The outstanding story of his life inspired me for this documentary realised in line with the video studio at the university of Basel.