On the 6th of May 2012 Cornelius Ellen passed away at the age of 85. There's so much you can say about a man who escaped the Nazis, had a bust of his own head in his living room and girlfriends all over the world, but I’m a bit lost for words. He really lit up our film and I feel incredibly lucky to have met him.
On the 23rd of September 2012 his ashes were scattered in the Wadden Sea with the wind blowing from the east.