The war has no female face (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The war has no female face |
| Original title | У войны не женское лицо |
| Country of production | Soviet Union ( Belarus ) |
| original language | Russian |
| Publishing year | 1980-1984 |
| length | approx. 123 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Viktor Daschuk |
| camera | J. Elchow, S. Petrovsky |
The war has no female face ( Russian title У войны не женское лицо ; U wojny nje schenskoje lizo ) is a Belarusian - Soviet documentary director Viktar Daschuk (* 1938) from the years 1980-1984 according to the scenario of Svetlana Alexievich .
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In seven loose episodes of around 10 to 25 minutes in length, the film describes the fate of Soviet women who fought on the front in the Great Patriotic War (see German-Soviet War ) from 1941 to 1945. In doing so, he took up a topic that was hardly noticed in the Soviet Union at the time or was subject to a derogatory judgment. The film was based on around 500 tape minutes by the journalist Svetlana Alexijewitsch (* 1948), who later wrote a book from them that has since been published worldwide. In the Soviet Union, these women had far greater difficulties than men in finding their way back to civilian life - despite a decree from Stalin that protected them . The recognition granted to men was only given to women who had attained the rank of officer and were therefore able to give their vote more weight in the veterans' committees.
For the film, the director conducted interviews with some of the women known from this material, in which they report on the special situation of women on the front lines. He combines the original sounds with historical documentary film recordings. These consist mainly of leftovers that were not used for other films - among other things because of technical deficiencies, because the cameras used under front conditions produced uneven recording speeds. For this reason, but at the same time as an aesthetic means, Daschuk built them into the film in slow motion. The entire film, including the interviews, was produced in black and white .
Parts of the film
The seven parts were created one after the other as complete individual films, which were gradually shown to the public even before the end of the overall project.
- Part 1: This girl wasn't me… (Russian: Это была не я…, Eto byl nje ja… ), 19:43 min.
- Part 2: I wanted to shoot… (Russian: Стрелять хотела…, Streljat chotjela ), 16:25 min.
- Part 3: I met you… (Russian: Я встретил вас…, Yes wstretil was… ), 9:54 min.
- Part 4: When a girl is born… (Russian: Если родится девочка…, Jesli roditsa djewotschka… ), 19:47 min.
- Part 5: Then I didn't cry… (Russian: Тогда я не плакала…, Togda ja nje plakala… ), 13:44 min.
- Part 6: Charity (Russian: Милосердие, Miloserdije ), 19:09 min.
- Part 7: Foggy morning, gray morning… (Russian: Утро туманное, утро седое…, Utro tumannoja, utro sedoje… ), 24:43 min.
Filmmaker
The film was made by the Belarusian state film production company Belarusfilm (founded in 1928).
- Mentioned in the opening credits:
- W. Daschuk
- S. Alexievich
- Mentioned in the credits:
- W. Daschuk - director
- Ju. Elchow - camera
- S. Petrovsky - camera
- W. Gilievich - editor
- A. Sokolov - editor
- B. Smirnov - trick camera
- A Salyessky - director
The film in the GDR
In November 1983 - before the start of the ideological opening of the Soviet Union ( perestroika ) - an already completed part of the film was submitted to the Leipzig Documentary Film Festival , where it received the Foundlings Prize and one of the main prizes, the Silver Dove . In 1984 parts 1–6 were shown in a special screening in the Babylon cinema with a German dubbed translation, as well as during the GDR National Youth Festival (June 9, 1984). Ernst Schumacher reported on it in a lengthy article in the cultural magazine Sinn und Form . The film was not shown on a larger scale. The play, based on the material of Svetlana Alexievich, premiered in the Theater im Palast in October 1985. The book was published in German in 1987 by Henschelverlag , previously there was a 19-page excerpt in Sinn und Form 3/1985.
Awards
- 1983: Silver Dove at the Leipzig Documentary Film Festival (for the part of the film presented there)
- 1983: Foundling Prize
- 1985: State Prize of the USSR (second highest Soviet award) for director Viktor Daschuk for the two-part film cycle, which also included The War Didn't Have a Female Face .
Web links
- Report on the screening of parts 3 and 4 of the film at the Duisburger Filmwoche in November 1986 and the subsequent conversation with the director (PDF, German; 561 kB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ As described by Ernst Schumacher in the cultural journal Sinn und Form , issue 6/1984, pp. 1320 to 1329.
- ↑ Mention of the individual parts on warmovies.ru ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Russian)
- ^ A b German title based on the article on the film by the theater and film critic Ernst Schumacher in Sinn und Form 6/1984, pp. 1320–1329.
- ↑ See daily newspaper Neues Deutschland from June 9, 1984, p. 16 (overview of events for the National Youth Festival).
- ^ Entry in the German National Library
- ↑ Sinn und Form 3/1985, pp. 461–479.
- ^ Wieland Becker and Volker Petzold : Tarkowski meets King Kong - History of the film club movement in the GDR . VISTAS, Berlin 2001.
