Actually, I wanted to be a forester

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Movie
Original title Actually, I wanted to be a forester
Country of production Germany
original language German
Publishing year 2003
length 142 minutes
Rod
Director Winfried Junge ,
Barbara Junge
script Winfried Junge,
Barbara Junge
production Klaus-Dieter Schmutzer
music Gerhard Rosenfeld
camera Hans-Eberhard Leupold ,
Harald Klix ,
Hans Dumke ,
Wolfgang Randel ,
Wolfgang Dietzel ,
Winfried Goldner ,
Roland Worell
cut Barbara Young

Actually, I wanted to become a forester (alternative title: Actually I wanted to be a forester - Bernd from Golzow ) is part of a long-term documentary called The Children of Golzow , which was started in 1961 by director Winfried Junge and ended in 2003. A primary school class from Golzow im Oderbruch was accompanied over this period and their career was recorded in several films. The title of the film comes from the main character Bernhard Oestreich. The recordings not only comprehensively capture the development of the child from Golzow, but also provide an insight into the history of the GDR.

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The documentary I actually wanted to become a forester is a long-term recording that consists of both older films from the Golzow project and more recent recordings. The main story is an interview with Bernhard and his father Horst Oestreich, which Winfried Junge conducted while they were on vacation in Norway. By playing film excerpts, the various stages in life that are addressed in the interview are repeated from the point of view of Oestreich at that time and then commented on by the director and the Oestreichs.

Winfried Junge does not only deal exclusively with Bernhard, but also with the biography of his father Horst, his wife Petra and his two daughters Dana and Susanne. His mother died early in 1987.

The various professional fields of the family give an insight into different aspects of the German Democratic Republic. Based on Bernhard's work in a wastewater treatment plant in the petrochemical combine in Schwedt, conclusions can be drawn about the environmental policy of the GDR. The father Horst Oestreich was a qualified farmer and a manager in the agricultural production cooperative in Golzow, which enjoyed a leading reputation. His wife Petra, who was his work colleague in Bernhard's earlier days in Schwedt, suffered the same fate as many women from the GDR after the fall of the Wall: long-term unemployment.

The film closes with Bertolt Brecht 's children's song “ Grace does not save effort ”, which the children of Golzow sang in their childhood music lessons. Even after more than forty years, Bernhard can still sing this.

literature

  • Junge, Barbara and Winfried: CVs - The children of Golzow - Pictures, documents, memories, Schüren Verlag GmbH 2004

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