 In 1985, the episode "Lebensläufe" was included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the movie with the longest production period.There is also a museum about the documentary in Golzow.Eighteen people born between 1953 and 1955 were filmed by Junge and his wife Barbara at regular intervals from 1961 to 2007 in a variety of situations which were both public as well as more having a more personal accent (such as the death of a relative).