WORLD ALONG THE WÜRM – FOREIGN HOME
Feature Documentary Film | Next Screening: February 1, 2026
French water games, Canadian wild geese, Buddhist prayers, beatified women – an entire world within just 39 kilometers of river.
With WORLD ALONG THE WÜRM – FOREIGN HOME, a remarkable feature-length documentary film from Bavaria reaches the screen. Shot in widescreen format, the 60-minute film embarks on a cinematic journey along the Würm River, revealing places and encounters that have largely remained unknown—even to long-time local residents.
The film deliberately focuses on the unfamiliar within the familiar, showing how closely the local and the global are intertwined along this seemingly modest river. After all, the Würm gave its name to the last Ice Age.
Although the camera never strays much farther from the river than a beaver might, the encounters are astonishing. They raise fundamental questions:
What belongs here? What is foreign, what is native? Is home a protected and stable place—or is it itself part of constant transformation? And if so, what does this mean for those who live along the river: loss, danger, change, or enrichment?
Insights come from extraordinary individuals whose lives and work are connected to the Würm, including the internationally renowned photographer Michael Martin, ornithologist Auguste Prinzessin von Bayern, Mark, Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, and Tulku Khyungdor Rinpoche, known as the “White Lama of Munich.” The filmmakers behind the popular TV series Dahoam is Dahoam, whose studios are located along the Würm in Dachau, also share their perspectives.
The film concludes with a timeless observation by Würm resident Karl Valentin:
“A stranger is only strange in a foreign place and only until they no longer feel foreign.”
The project was initiated by filmmaker Friedrich Klütsch, who lives along the Würm in Obermenzing. His close proximity to the subject allowed him to take time and gain unique access to people and places that would otherwise have remained closed.
A small river. Big questions.
A film about home, identity, and the world reflected in the local.
🎬 Next Screening
February 1, 2026
👉 More information, trailer, and screening dates:
https://welt-an-der-wuerm.de
