Holunderblüte . Elder Blossom
Verzio FF submission This film takes us to the village of Gastellovo in Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave bordered by Poland and Lithuania. This territory was formerly part of north–eastern Prussia. After the Second World War, Stalin deported the German population and the area was settled by people fro...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | German |
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Koepp, Volker
2007
Germany |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:40abd32b-5179-45b9-aa73-51076414317c |
| Summary: | Verzio FF submission
This film takes us to the village of Gastellovo in Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave bordered by Poland and Lithuania. This territory was formerly part of north–eastern Prussia. After the Second World War, Stalin deported the German population and the area was settled by people from all over the Soviet Union. Director Volker Koepp tells the stories of children from the third generation of these new residents. The camera unobtrusively follows them while they work and play. It lets them talk about themselves, show their drawings and read their favourite passages from books. In an agricultural region where churches have become dilapidated and are used as granaries, the boundaries between human dwellings and the wildness of nature have become blurred in this visually impressive documentary. What makes an even stronger impression is the difference between the children's world and the world of adults, who often succumb to alcohol in this godforsaken place. What future awaits these boys and girls, who have their dreams and who have already got it into their heads that they are never going to drink? Will they have the strength to change things? Or will they follow the example of their forebears? |
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| Published: | 2007 |