{"id":4341,"date":"2025-12-04T00:02:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T23:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sibylle-trost.com\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:12:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:12:36","slug":"the-last-spy-in-mainz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sibylle-trost.com\/en\/the-last-spy-in-mainz\/","title":{"rendered":"A significant film screening in Mainz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Meeting with director Katharina Otto-Bernstein and her film &#8220;The Last Spy&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mainz made a strong cultural statement with the premiere of the documentary film <em><strong>The Last Spy<\/strong><\/em> (German: Der Jahrhundert-Spion) in the ballroom of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Chancellery. The historic location provided the perfect setting for a film that tells the extraordinary life story of <strong>Peter Sichel<\/strong> who grew up in the &#8220;golden Mainz&#8221; of the 1920s, was expelled as a Jew, and later became a CIA secret agent and successful wine merchant.<\/p>\n<p>The focus of the evening was on filmmaker <strong>Katharina Otto-Bernstein<\/strong>, who developed the filml over <strong>eight years<\/strong> \u2013 as director, writer and co-producer. Her approach combines historical accuracy with great narrative sensitivity. The film is available in two versions:<br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 90 minutes for ARTE\/ZDF<\/strong>, designed for a European audience<br \/>\n<strong>\u2013 107 minutes original version The Last Spy<\/strong>, with additional personal statements by Sichel.<\/p>\n<p>The conversation with <strong>Bettina Sichel<\/strong>, the protagonist&#8217;s daughter, also provided a remarkable accent. She now lives in California and runs a wine business.<\/p>\n<p>The premiere showed the significant role that documentary film can play in cultural memory \u2013 especially in a city like Mainz, which has an important <strong>Jewish heritage<\/strong> as part of the ShUM sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meeting with director Katharina Otto-Bernstein and her film &#8220;The Last Spy&#8221; Mainz made a strong cultural statement with the premiere of the documentary film The Last Spy (German: Der Jahrhundert-Spion) in the ballroom of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Chancellery. 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