Ewa - a girl from Witunia

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Movie
Original title Ewa - a girl from Witunia
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1973
length 30 minutes
Rod
Director Harry Hornig
Günter Jordan
script Harry Hornig
production DEFA studio for short films, KAG "document"
music Wolfgang Schoor
camera Wolfgang Dietzel
cut Christel Hemmerling
occupation

Ewa - A girl from Witunia is a documentary film made by the DEFA studio for short films by Harry Hornig and Günter Jordan in 1973 .

action

At the train station in Bydgoszcz , Ewa is said goodbye to her friend on the train, because she is driving back to Berlin in the GDR , where she has been employed as a contract worker at the Oberspree cable works since autumn 1971 . She is Polish and works with 23 other Polish colleagues at the side of the German employees in a department that insulates wires for large transformers .

After work, the Polish girls are accompanied by a camera on their tram ride to their home in Berlin and how they go shopping in the department store . Nine girls are accommodated in the dormitory in a three-room new apartment, three each in one room. The rooms are furnished with typical furniture and in the kitchen, which is there for everyone, they eat dinner together.

During a working meeting, master Johannes, whose words are translated into Polish, explains to them that machine downtimes must be recorded precisely so that they cannot be deducted from their performance. It is also important that the machine setters explain to them what causes the downtimes. Ewa emphasizes that when you ask about this, you won't get any rich answers. Teresa then raises the bar: there are thick and thinner wires that are easier to work with, but that only our German colleagues get to work with. Some things don't seem right and Master Johannes is a little at a loss.

One day the KWO received the news that a test with a 400 kV large transformer resulted in damage of 300,000 marks . The cause can be a material defect or a lack of quality in the manufacture of the wires. The Polish workers look for the fault in themselves, while the German workers are not so self-critical about the matter. Something's first reaction was a sign of barred windows she must see through in the future. While her colleagues are having fun in the company at a carnival party, she is available to the film team in the dormitory to answer questions about the topic, as she cannot attend the party due to illness. The wire used in the transformer was made on her machines by two Polish women and two Germans in a team and she heard one of the Germans say that he must have done his job well, which hurts her. She already knows this work from Poland, which is why she was given this task here and she does not want to shirk responsibility in the future, although she has already toyed with the idea. The investigation report from the transformer factory shows that the winding factory did not cause the damage to the transformer.

A small German delegation with master Johannes goes to the Polish partner company in Bydgoszcz, where Ewa has already worked. On the return trip he realizes that he learned a lot during this trip, above all about the relationship between Poles and Germans. The working atmosphere in the winding factory improved noticeably afterwards.

production

Ewa - A girl from Witunia was shot as a black and white film by the artistic work group "dokument" and had its premiere on March 30, 1973.

The dramaturgy was in the hands of Siegfried Hanusch . The texts come from Rolf Liebmann and Siegfried Hanusch. The shooting took place in the Berlin cable works Oberspree and in Wilhelminenhofstrasse .

Awards

  • State award: Particularly valuable

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