Real European Beta-SP. Video on national clichés in the Europeen Community Settings: England, Belgium, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Germany and France Camera/editing/director: Manfred Hulverscheidt Sound: Carl Hulverscheidt, Maria Zastrow Directional assistance: Maria Zastrow Editorial assistant: Oliver Neidhart Commissioning editor: Doris Hepp Production: 3SAT1990. Length: 17:20.

The original plan: I wanted to explore the question of what makes a European a „real“ citizen of Europe in 1990, two years before the threathened surge of integration that, as was to be expected years ago, would be accompanied by new wars and migrations.

I concentrated on „Carolingian“ Europe, the former core countries of the EEC so as, with the help of spontaneous impressions, to gain some certainty over the question of whether there is any such thing as a preceptible common ground among Europeans.

This resulted in a many-levelled expedition through both the more superficial characteristics and the deeper self-understanding of the „Brussels“ nations.