The children of Golzow
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Die Kinder von Golzow is a long-term film documentary about the students in a school class from Golzow in the Brandenburg region of Oderbruch .
description
In 20 films, Barbara Junge and Winfried Junge accompanied the lives of 18 people born between 1953 and 1955 from 1961 to 2007. More than 70 kilometers and around 45 hours of film material were produced. The longest documentary in film history ended with the two parts And if they haven't died ... and ... then they are still alive today .
The films not only shed light on the individual life stories of the protagonists, but also give a deep insight into the history of the GDR and its unification with the Federal Republic of Germany as well as into the aesthetics and aspirations of the DEFA documentary film.
The idea for this project came from Karl Gass . In 1985 the result went CVs in the "GUINNESS film, Fact & Feats" as a film with the longest production time of film history. After the end of the GDR and with it DEFA, Winfried Junge continued the Golzow project in co-production with broadcasters of the ARD , especially the RBB ; "a jour Film- und Fernsehproduktions GmbH" has been producing its films since then, and Progress Film-Verleih evaluates Die Kinder von Golzow in the cinema and at festivals.
The primary school in Golzow was renamed "Primary School Children of Golzow" in July 2008 based on the television production that started there .
The film documentation collective received the National Prize of the GDR III in 1981 . Art and literature class
Films released
- 1961: When I go to school first (13 min, b / w)
- 1962: After one year - observations in a first class (14 min, b / w)
- 1966: eleven years old (29 min, b / w)
- 1969: When you are fourteen (36 min, b / w)
- 1971: The exam (19 min, b / w)
- 1975: I spoke to a girl (30 min, b / w)
- 1979/80: Grace doesn't save effort (107 min)
- 1980: CVs - the story of the von Golzow children in individual portraits (257 min)
- 1984: This Golzower - determination of the circumstances of a place (100 min)
- 1992: Screenplay: The Times; Three decades with the children of Golzow and DEFA (284 min, 3 parts)
- 1994: The life of Jürgen von Golzow (192 min)
- 1995: The story of Uncle Willy from Golzow (145 min)
- 1996/97: What concerns my life to you - Elke, child of Golzow (125 min)
- 1996/97: There you have my life - Marieluise, child of Golzow (141 min)
- 1998: Brigitte and Marcel - Golzower Lebenswege (110 min)
- 1999: A person like Dieter - Golzower (122 min)
- 2001: Jochen - a Golzower from Philadelphia (119 min)
- 2002: I actually wanted to become a forester - Bernd from Golzow (142 min)
- 2006: And if they haven't died ... - The end of the neverending story (278 min, 2 parts)
- 2007: ... then they are still alive today - The End of the Neverending Story (290 min, 2 parts)
Literature and available films
- CVs - The children of Golzow , SCHÜREN VERLAG, Marburg, 2004, ISBN 3-89472-357-2
- And if they are not dead. The children of Golzow: The end of a long-term observation 1961–2007 , SCHÜREN VERLAG, Marburg, 2015, ISBN 978-3-89472-899-1
- Documenting without ceasing. East German film and life story in Winfried Junge "The Children of Golzow" , BÜCHNER-VERLAG, Darmstadt, 2008, ISBN 978-3-941310-05-6
- Christoph Wunnicke: "Grace doesn't save effort". How the “Children of Golzow” help to understand Angela Merkel, in: Gerbergasse, 4/2017 (issue 85). Pp. 3-7.
- The children of Golzow 1961-2001 (10 VHS cassettes, individually or in a complete box)
- The children of Golzow 1961–2007 (18 DVDs , individually, in 3 DVD boxes or in a complete box)
All of the films mentioned above are available as single or double DVDs. Except And if they haven't died ... and ... then they are still alive today , all films are also available on VHS.
Web links
- http://www.kinder-von-golzow.de/
- Community Center Golzow / Film Museum "Children of Golzow" (requires JavaScript !)
- Progress-Film-Verleih: The Golzow Saga ( Memento from December 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 310 KB)
- Resumes - The story of the Children of Golzow in individual portraits in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Yvonne Jennerjahn: Golzow's children have grown up . In: Berliner Morgenpost . February 8, 2008, page 19
- ^ Name given to primary school children from Golzow (July 15, 2008). Amt Golzow , accessed October 7, 2008 .
- ↑ Note: The DVD-Box 3 released until 2007 does not contain the last film ... then they are still alive today . The expanded DVD-Box 3 , which also contains the film released in 2007, has been available since August 2008 .