In Polnowat am Ob
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | In Polnowat am Ob |
| Country of production | GDR |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 35 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Karlheinz mouth |
| production | DEFA studio for documentary films on behalf of the television of the GDR |
| camera | Jürgen Rudow |
| cut | Angela Wendt |
In Polnowat am Ob is a documentary film by the DEFA studios for documentary films on behalf of the East German television by Karlheinz Mund from 1988 .
action
The film begins with the virtuoso play of the local artist Artjom G. Grischkin on a recreated old folk musical instrument. The music accompanies the path on the Ob to Polnowat, which the anti-fascist German scholar Wolfgang Steinitz made in 1935 as professor of Finno-Ugric Studies at the Leningrad Institute for Northern Peoples. On behalf of the young Soviet power , he was supposed to conduct linguistic studies in exile among the small Finno-Ugric ethnic group of the Khanty and Mansi in order to be able to help them develop their literary and written language. His expedition diary and around 160 photos were the reason for the filmmaker Karlheinz Mund to go on the paths of Wolfgang Steinitz and look for traces of this research.
Later, when the photos are shown in comparison with today's photos, Artyom Grischkin receives support from an old woman who plays a jew's harp. The Russian language is the predominant language. It began around 1935, when other peoples z. B. Russians and Ukrainians settled in this area. The historical languages are only spoken at home. Even so, there are still some locals who maintain traditional cultures in all areas, the examples of which occupy a large part of the film.
It is interesting to observe that several older citizens recognize their relatives in the old photos of Wolfgang Steinitz.
Production and publication
In Polnowat am Ob with the subtitle Memory of Prof. Wolfgang Steinitz (1905–1967) , the KAG document was filmed on ORWO -Color, with many black and white photographs by Wolfgang Steinitz, on behalf of GDR television . The comment was written by Wolfgang Thierse . The dramaturgy was in the hands of Jochen Denzler.
The first verifiable broadcast took place on February 9, 1988 in the first program of GDR television . The first screening on the big screen took place on May 12, 1988 in the series offers at the Babylon cinema in Berlin .
criticism
Ursula Eichelberger expressed herself as follows in New Germany :
“The filmmakers give (while doing) interesting insights into the intellectual and social development of small peoples in the multinational Soviet state. It would have been desirable, however, to present the life and work of the great scientist Steinitz, who worked in our republic for many years, in a little more detail, because unfortunately many younger people hardly know him anymore. "
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of February 4, 1988, p. 10
- ↑ Berliner Zeitung of May 7, 1988, p. 12
- ↑ Neues Deutschland, February 17, 1988, p. 4