Barbara Rolf was born in 1976 in Freiburg im Breisgau and is mother of a daughter.

After studying theology, and motivated by formative personal experiences, she decided to become a funeral director.

What followed was a remarkable career, in the early years of which — to the dismay of some and the delight of many — she was already awarded “Funeral Director of the Year 2013.” Today, she is one of the most prominent voices in the German-speaking world on the subject of death, as well as an internationally sought-after expert. Her authenticity and her commitment to a humane and contemporary culture of death remain unwavering.

Through her unconventional approach to death and funerary practice, Barbara Rolf repeatedly attracted media attention and soon came into contact with film and television productions. The documentary The woman who talks to the dead by Andrea Lotter offers profound insights into her thinking and her actions in the face of death. The film was awarded the Diaconia Journalism Award and continues to be part of various training programs in the fields of accompaniment, care, and palliative care.

However, these experiences alone do not fully explain her own step into the world of film.

AHUL also emerged from her enthusiasm and spontaneity. As well as from the fact that, at the right time, the right people came together. And ultimately because Barbara Rolf had, at that moment, the time and financial resources to realize this short film project. This, too, is the result of formative and fateful events.

Thus AHUL came into the world — and with its nearly 14 minutes, much more besides.

As a funeral director, she already knew it; now she knows it as a filmmaker as well: the best stories are written by life itself — almost on its own.

We are part of these stories. Let us make something good of them, so that in the end we may smile with satisfaction and say: “That was me. And it was good.”