Raccoon Alex made worldwide headlines last summer when he moved into the parking garage of a fancy hotel on Berlin Alexanderplatz, thus giving an - albeit masked - face to the recent immigration of an American creature to Central Europe. He is inviting us to embark on a journey into the world of an animal that seems to evoke either disgust or motherly love in people, that amazes scientists these days with new, even record-breaking behaviours, yet is happiest when left alone to try and fit into an entirely foreign landscape of tree holes, attics and – yes –parking garages…
Writer/Director: Rosie Koch
Executive Producer: Annette Scheurich
Camera: Roland Gockel, Dirk Schamuhn, Klaus Scheurich
Editing: Yana Heinstein, Ingo Mende
Production Company: Marco Polo Film AG (www.marco-polo-film.de)
