THOMAS HEISE - Vaterland / Fatherland - Punto de Vista - International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra

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THOMAS HEISE

Vaterland / Fatherland

Country: Germany
Year: 2002
Duration: 102'
Direction: Thomas Heise
Screenplay: Thomas Heise
Editor: Gudrun Steinbrück, Monika Preischl, Beate Schönfeldt (MDR)
Sound: Uve Haußig
Production: ma.ja.de. filmproduktion

Cámara / Camera: Peter Badel
Coproduction: MDR, ARTE
Producer: Heino Deckert
World Sales: Deckert Distribution

Spanish premiere

Sinopsis

In Saxon-Anhalt, near the town of Zerbst, set away from busy roads, next to a deserted military landing strip, is the village of Straguth. An unimportant place. Lost in time. Or ahead of time.

The film describes the people of this quiet place, in the past, the present and the future. A film like the digging of a hole. If one could dig in spiral form. And dig a black hole.

An archaeological journey to landscape, people and things, traces of changing times and transition. Wide open landscapes and detailed drawings of people within. And on entering Otto Nathos’ modest bar, there is always talk of the war. The era of youth.

Festivals:

2002 DOK Leipzig
2002 Duisburger Filmwoche
2003 Visions du Réel Nyon
2003 Sheffield International Documentary Festival
2004 Beeld voor Beeld Festival of Visual Anthropology Amsterdam Nomination for Bundesfilmpreis 2003

Thomas Heise. Fragments of Seeking