Hymn (2026)

Short film for the 2026 Bavarian State Exhibition “Music in Bavaria”

Across generations, a single instrument connects people from different eras - from an emigrating zither player in the Bavarian Forest in 1881, to the persecuted and the lovers of the 20th century, to a deaf young woman in present-day Munich - weaving them into a polyphonic, musical hymn to memory, loss, and solidarity.

• Release Date: 2026-04-24
• Runtime: 1h 36min
• Production Company: Schmidbauer-Film
• Director: Christian Lex