In the Lohmgrund

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Movie
Original title In the Lohmgrund
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1977
length 27 minutes
Rod
Director Jürgen Böttcher
script Jürgen Böttcher
production DEFA studio for documentaries
camera Thomas Plenert
cut Angelika Arnold
occupation

Im Lohmgrund is a documentary film by the DEFA studio for documentaries by Jürgen Böttcher from 1977 .

action

In the operation part Lohmgrund I of the VEB Elbe - natural stone is a female act of sandstone the stone sculptor Peter Makolies a truck loaded. This is the beginning of the film that accompanies the creation of this work of art and a group of figures by Hartmut Bonk during a sculpture symposium . The Lohmgrund is located in Rottwerndorf near Pirna . The work on the figures takes up to 10 weeks, during which time the sculptors are visited four times by the film team.

Review: A sandstone block that has been broken out is brought with a crane out of the sandstone wall to a place in the quarry where it doesn't bother anyone. Peter Makolies, a trained stonemason , draws the first outlines of the figure on the sandstone and begins to work it with a pickaxe and to break out large pieces with wedges . Then the work continues with a pneumatic hammer, and the figure is given its rough outline.

When the camera is not aimed at the artists, it watches the quarry workers doing their heavy lifting. But they also spend a lot of time together, for example during breaks and when the endangered areas are not allowed to be entered during blasting.

The wider the figure gets, the smaller the tools become. After about three weeks of work, you can only continue with a mallet and chisel . In the final phase, a file is used and every speck of dust is swept away with a broom immediately. Finally, the artists examine their works one more time before they are loaded onto the trucks. But the quarry workers also say goodbye. Like many other works of art, the sculptures are set up in Frankfurt (Oder) .

production

In Lohmgrund , the artistic work group “DEFA-Augenzeuge” shot on ORWO color and had its world premiere on November 18, 1977.

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