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Abschied von Horno

Leaving Horno

Gottfried Schwemmer

Germany, 2005, 100 Min

A long-term observation of a landmarked Sorbian village which falls victim to the consequences of lignite coalopencast mining.

Gottfried Schwemmer

The fate of Horno is symbolic of the disappearance of a village,
nature-orientated life as well as the endangered existence lead by the Sorbian language and culture.

This documentary film examines why not only the villagers, but in fact people all over Europe are campaigning for its preservation. Do they see in Horno a link to an earlier, archaic world? The disappearance of that which we perceive as home?

Filmformat
Blu-Ray | Farbe / colour

Drehbuch
Gottfried Schwemmer

Kamera
Gottfried Schwemmer, Andreas Gockel

Ton
Vera Oostinga

Schnitt
Peter Wick

Musik
Sascha Puschkin

Produzent
Gottfried Schwemmer

Co-Produktion
Domowina Cottbus

Kontakt
Gottfried Schwemmer
Dirschauerstraße 13
10245 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: +49.176.5327.48 32
gottfriedschwemmer@yahoo.de

Gottfried Schwemmer - graduated in film studies from the HdK Kassel in 1991, later studying directing and acting under the guidance of Benno Besson. In 2003 he was awarded a scholarship by the Academy of Arts, as well as grants by the Kulturland Brandenburg in 2004 and funding from the DEFA Foundation in 2007 for his film EINAR SCHLEEF.

Movies
1.MAI, KREUZBERG (1999, short, doc)
ROSA UND KARL (1999, short, doc)
ENERGIEPHÄNOMENE EINES ORTES (1999, short, doc)
BÖHMEN HEISST GOTTLAND (2008, doc)
DIE FREUDENTRÄNEN DER UNDINE (2008, doc)
NARRENPROJEKT (2011, doc)
EXTASY OF CINEMA (2012, kurz)

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