Home (film)

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Movie
Original title home
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1978/1990
length 26 minutes
Rod
Director Angelika Andrees
Petra Tschörtner
production DEFA studio for documentaries
camera Julia Kunert
Thomas Plenert
cut Angelica Andrees

Heim is a documentary by DEFA Studio for Documentaries by Angelika Andrees and Petra Tschörtner from 1978, which was only released in 1990.

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In the community of Suckow there is a home in the former Mentin manor , in which children of school age are accommodated for various reasons. The younger inmates are only shown, while the older ones can comment on their origins. An older boy tells us that his father had a fatal accident in 1964 and his mother no longer cares, which is why he moves in with his grandparents and comes to the home after their death in 1976. Another youth reports that his parents were heavily addicted to alcohol and that he became a child at home as a result. In the meantime, however, he occasionally goes to see his father again, since he has somewhat stopped drinking. A third person came to the home as early as 1972 because his parents also drank a lot, he messed up a lot with his brother and couldn't be tamed at school either. A middle-aged girl with a sad face shows photographs of her parents and does not say angry words about them.

Then various ways in which the children can spend their free time are shown. A large part of it is around the table tennis table in the entrance hall. We see other children building stalls and caves in the spacious park and playing in the hidden corners of the house. The playground equipment on the meadow is also a popular meeting point for the younger ones during their free time. The older ones prefer to meet in the farm yard to balance over garbage cans, smoke and fool around. While the tables are being set for lunch, a youngster answers the question of why he beats up other children in the home off-screen : “... has become so natural. If you were cheeky you got something in your mouth, that was the case with me, that was the case with my predecessors, that will also be the case with those who are now being beaten here and those who continue to beat later ”.

The three young people who spoke at the beginning of the film have their say again, but this time they talked about themselves. The first describes himself as a little rowdy who often messes up and if he drinks, then always until the film breaks. He likes to work, just not when you want to urge him to do it. He describes himself as an aggressive person who hits you every now and then. The second explains that from time to time he likes to drink, but also likes to work, but always wants to get his way. The third claims to not be a yes-man, but one who always wants to be right and is only companionable to those who are also to him. The three also talk about their relationship with one another.

Before the big holidays, a last roll call takes place in the home , at which the festively dressed and ready children and young people in the hall of the children's home are bid farewell into the summer. Some of the children will go to their parents, others will go to summer camp . For several young people the time in the home ends forever because they have finished their school days, which they want to confirm by tearing up the exercise books. Since it is the last evening before departure, the boys and girls try to get closer to each other while dancing. After the end of the event and the dismantling of the music system, the conversations in the park continue, in which people talk again about the past years. The next morning, those who are leaving are bid farewell to those who stay and the staff at the home on the bus. There are happy, thoughtful, but also crying faces on both sides.

Production and publication

Heim was shot as a black and white film under the working title Heimkinder and had its premiere on January 30, 1990. The following explanation appears in the opening credits: “The film Heim was produced in 1978 as a supporting film for Roland Graef's feature film PS . The then general director of the feature film studio forbade the completion and showing of this documentary ”.

The film was shown again in the retrospective of the Berlin International Film Festival 2019 . The film was then released on the DVD edition “self-determined. Perspectives from women filmmakers ”.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Home. Berlin International Film Festival, accessed on July 16, 2019 .
  2. ↑ SELF-DETERMINED Perspectives from filmmakers. absolut MEDIA, accessed on July 16, 2019 .

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