Overview
- Scheduled for 22:15 on ZDF’s 37 Grad, the documentary follows the Papillons at the Pflegewohnheim Am Kreuzberg in Berlin.
- The project pairs residents with children and teens who prompt entries through touch, whispers and props, with personal recordings available to play during scenes.
- The ensemble meets weekly and mounts roughly one public performance a year, with the current piece titled Totenwache.
- Profiles include Ekkehard Walkenhorst, whose relationship with his son has warmed, and Elvira Werthmüller, 87, who still brings her yodeling to the stage.
- The filmmakers emphasize dignity, visibility and intergenerational connection for the 1.8 million people in Germany living with dementia, presenting a creative complement to clinical care.