Land by the water
| documentary | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Land by the water |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tom Lemke |
| production | Sunday Filmproduktions GmbH |
| music | Falk Zenker |
| camera | Mathias Schulze |
| cut | René Jakob |
Land am Wasser is a German documentary by Tom Lemke.
He accompanies the last residents of three villages in the south of Saxony-Anhalt whose places had to disappear because of the brown coal so that it can be mined underneath.
Filming lasted from 2003 to 2014.
content
Silvio lives in a ghost village. In 1998 the residents were relocated so that the brown coal underneath can be mined. More than 900 years ago, the first settlers called the place "Land am Wasser" because a small stream flows through the landscape. Silvio uses this water to cultivate small agricultural areas in the village and to water his cattle. As a farmer, he recaptured his hometown, which had become useless. How long he can still earn his living here is uncertain. Nobody knows when the open pit excavators will finally arrive here. The sound of the conveyor belt is omnipresent and has been transporting coal a few kilometers away for decades. The houses in the village are gradually being torn down, but Silvio is not alone. His neighbor continues to forge against the times in the more than 100-year-old family business and Norbert, from the neighboring town also affected, is the last to rebel against the resettlement. Sometimes former residents also come by. People are still helping each other and an entire village community disappears on the side. When the last roommates have left the place, Silvio tries to continue to resist the inevitable. Knowing full well that the end cannot be stopped.
production
The documentary was produced by Sunday Filmproduktions GmbH from Halle (Saale). As part of the DOK Leipzig Film Festival , Land am Wasser won the "Golden Dove" as the best documentary film in the German competition in 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dokwoche Leipzig: Golden Dove also for a Leipzig filmmaker. Retrieved March 5, 2020 .