Sterben für Anfänger

We all know that we will die. And yet we live as if this certainty had nothing to do with us. We push it aside, put it off, and leave dying to the hospitals, the experts, and others. Only when illness, loss, or our own diagnosis intrudes on our lives does an abstract truth become a personal issue.

In "Sterben für Anfänger", the multi-award-winning science journalist and documentary filmmaker Kurt Langbein tackles a topic that affects us all—yet is rarely discussed: dying. The film begins with his own battle with cancer, transforming into a deeply personal search for guidance, knowledge, and stability. The reporter becomes a patient, and the investigation turns into an existential self-experiment.