The organizers of the events in Linz 2009 commissioned three films from Micha Shagrir about natives of the town living abroad, each for different reasons. Two of the subjects chosen were young people in their forties, living, respectively, in Namibia and in Haiti. The third, Yehezkel Mandler, is over eighty years old and lives in Tel Aviv. He was born in Linz and managed to escape in time.
(From The Jerusalem Cinematheque Website)

Episode 1:
Episode Name: Welwitschia Mirabilis
The episode follows Tom Pree who emigrated from Linz, Austria to Namibia.
There are few plants in the Namibian desert. Most of the greenery used by Tom Pree, a landscape gardener originally from Perg, is not indigenous to this region. Nevertheless, there is a plant found in Namibia that’s named after the Austrian botanist who discovered and classified it in 1859. WELWITSCHIA MIRABILIS shows life in the endless expanses of desert and sea.
(Synopsis from The Linz 2009 Website)

Episode 2:
Episode Name: Zwaso
The episode follows Regina Tauschek, who emigrated from Linz, Austria to Haiti.
The Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince is the current home of Linz native Regina Tauschek, a woman who’s spent years living in the world’s most dangerous places. The Austrian Foreign Ministry officially advises travelers to avoid Haiti. ZWASO (Creole for bird) is an account of life spent between UN soldiers’ pump-action shotguns and the Caribbean attitude towards life.
(Synopsis from The Linz 2009 Website)

Episode 3:
Episode title: The Long-Distance Walker (Der Langstreckenlaufer)
This episode follows Yehezkel Mandler. Yehezkel is over eighty years old and lives in Tel Aviv. He was born in Linz and managed to escape in time.
Yechezkeal (né Richard) Mendler was born in 1923 in Linz. In 1938, he was forced to leave the rather cold banks of the Danube for the hot beaches of the Mediterranean. He made his way alone; his mother and his younger brother Albert followed him to Palestine in 1940. As a retiree in Tel Aviv today, he enjoys taking long walks for the sake of his health and to meet other former Linzers.
(Synopsis from The Linz 2009 Website)