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KURJOS HOF

KURJOS YARD

Peter Rocha

Germany, 1997, 30 Min

Here live the Kurjo family: though they once all spoke Wendish, today the youngest generation is only able to respond in German. The family farm is a refuge of Sorbian life in the midst of gaping open pit holes. A both poetic and melancholic farewell.

The film follows the steps involved in the donning of a traditional costume. Based on Helmut Kurjo's narrations everyday observations, staged scenes, photos of a bygone age and Sorbian songs, it transports us to a world that, at the time of filming, is almost but a mere memory and at times strikes the viewer as a dream. DEFA director Peter Rocha, chronicler of the “pain of Lusatia” (THE PAIN OF LUSATIA, FFC 2006, 2017), contrasts a near-extinct rural life with alarming images of the scarred landscape in the area around Schwarze Pumpe: the area that was once home to Kurjo's fields. GL

Filmformat
mp4 | s/w / b/w

Darsteller
Helmut Kurjo

Produktion
Rocha-Film

Peter Rocha -

Movies
HOCHWALDMÄRCHEN (1988, short, FFC 2014)
WITAJ HEIßT: ICH GRÜßE DICH (1980, short, doc, FFC 2016)
DIE SCHMERZEN DER LAUSITZ (1989/90, doc, FFC 2017)

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