Film

Friendly Fire

20261h 49m12Documentary

Age rating: 12
Director: Klaus Fried
Year: 2026

On one level, Friendly Fire is a portrait of the poet Erich Fried by his son, the filmmaker Klaus Fried. But it is also an exploration of the traumatic legacy of a century of European history that raises questions about our direction of travel and the cyclical nature of our inheritance.

Top cast

Klaus Fried

Self

Erich Fried

Self (archive footage)

Astrid Proll

Self

David Fried

Self

Petra Fried

Self

Kathy Fried

Self

Tom Fried

Self

Directed by

Klaus Fried

Written by

Klaus Fried

Produced by

Ralph Wieser, Martin Rosenbaum, Gunter Hanfgarn