The Man Who Wanted to See It All

Fascinating story of a man who choose his own path. Unfortunately his disappointing grin is stuck on his face since he choose the wrong path, as he's well aware of. He let down everyone who cared about him, mum and dad etc. Stubborn German, he pursued his path for 50 years chasing silly records of traveling - he saw the world and met amazing people yet he missed the most amazing things in life. To give and receive love - long, lasting, relationships of love. He resisted them yet they were right in front of his eyes. I feel sorry for this stubborn, slightly socially awkward man. He took traveling too far and he could not quit, he though he gained but he lost.

An interesting portrait of a man who wanted to see it all. Once he saw quite a lot he couldn't stop any more because a journey was his way of living, was his idea for life.

He stopped only when he was old. Went back to his home town after not being there for over 50 years. What price did he pay for his extremely long travel? What did he miss out? What was the sense of it all? What is left of it now? What will be left for the future ? What do we leave after us anyway when we pass away? Many questions to ponder is silence of this almost subtle documentary.

I am glad I saw this documentary, it might surprise you in a way it is done, beaus it doesn't concentrate on counting the countries or following the route of the journey, it's about a sense of it all.