Section: Focus

Ceija Stojka

Ceija Stojka

Karin Berger
Austria, 1999, 85 Min
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In the flat you find objects which epitomise
her whole life, from keepsakes and pictures
to statues of the Virgin Mary and far
Eastern deities. This highly personal work
accompanies an everyday life and reconstructs,
by means of flashbacks using private
photos and film archive material, the biography
of the Austrian-Romani artist Ceija
Stojka. It's the portrait of an unconventional
woman who embodies the long and at
times painful history of the Sinti and Roma
peoples. Ceija Stojka survived several Nazi
concentration camps, including Auschwitz-
Birkenau and Bergen Belsen. She passed
away on January 28th 2013.

Filmformat
DigiBeta | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Karin Berger
Kamera
Jerzy Palacz
Ton
Bruno Pisek, Alf Schwarzmüller
Schnitt
Michael Palm
Musik
Ceija Stojka, Harri Stojka
Produzent
Johannes Rosenberger
Produktion
Navigator Film
Kontakt
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Ursula Stahrmüller
Schottenfeldgasse 14
1070 Vienna
Austria

Karin Berger - – born in Gmünd (Lower Austria). A lecturer,
author and documentary filmmaker, she is
the author of two books about Ceija Stojka,
"Wir leben im Verborgenen" (1988) and
"Reisende auf dieser Welt" (1991).

Movies
TRÄNEN STATT GEWEHRE. ANNI HAIDER ERZÄHLT (1984)
KÜCHENGESPRÄCHE MIT REBELLINNEN (1985)
RÜCKKEHR UNERWÜNSCHT. FRITZ KLEINMANN (1990)
KEIN ORT FÜR SLOWENEN. MARIJA OLIP (1990)
SO RICHTIG VOGELFREI. ROSA WINTER (1990)
DAS WUNDER VON HOHENEICH. EINE WIEDERBEGEGNUNG (1992)
O! FORTUNA! (1995)