Black Forest house 1902
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Black Forest house 1902 |
| Country of production | Germany |
| year | 2001 |
| Production company |
Südwestrundfunk Zero Southwest |
| length | 44 minutes |
| Episodes | 4 in 1 season |
| genre | Documentary soap |
| Director | Volker Heise |
| idea | Rolf Schlenker |
| production |
Christoph Hauser Thomas Kufus |
| music |
Jan Tilman Too bad Klaus Wagner |
| First broadcast | December 2, 2002 on Das Erste |
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Schwarzwaldhaus 1902 is the title of a four-part documentary that was broadcast on Erste in December 2002 and produced by SWR . The film was shot on the Kaltwasserhof in Münstertal / Black Forest in two stages: the first in August and September 2001, the second in December 2001 and January 2002.
background
The subject of the documentation was the life of a farming family in 1902. However, the past should not be retold, but lived authentically. For this purpose, the five-member Boro family (father Ismail Boro, mother Marianne Hege-Boro and the children Reya-Anna, Sera-Emine and Akay-Mathias) from Berlin, who were selected from over 700 applicants, were temporarily sent on a real journey through time . The Kaltwasserhof was restored to its original condition in 1902: no electricity , no running water, no sanitary facilities, no technical devices and aids. The family was prepared with a milking simulator plus plastic udder in the living room and a training week in the Black Forest open-air museum Vogtsbauernhof in Gutach. There she learned, among other things, to make butter herself or to make brushes from horsehair.
production
The Boro family lived and worked for a total of three months under the conditions of 1902. They quickly realized how hard and hard life was for the smallholders of that time. She had to keep livestock (three cows, a pig and a few chickens) as well as self-sufficient farming . Since that was not enough for a living, the Boros tried to earn a little extra money by selling dairy products and homemade brushes on the market in Staufen . In Münstertal, a supermarket was “prepared” in such a way that the Boros could only buy goods there that they could have bought in 1902 (matches, curd soap and so on) in the currency of the time and at the prices at that time.
The hard 18-hour working day brought the family members to the brink of physical and mental resilience. Ismail Boro suffered a hernia in the first episode due to the hard physical work . Marianne Hege-Boro contracted a cystitis due to the cold and the lack of any underwear (even the clothes were authentic) . Father Ismail and daughter Reya had their feet bloody while marching to the market in Staufen. In addition, Reya suffered tendinitis and son Akay suffered from blood poisoning . In reality, the Boro family would hardly have survived - setbacks and a fatal wrong decision brought enormous economic problems: They lost the potato harvest due to fungal attack. The only dairy cow fell ill with an udder infection, so that dairy products could no longer be sold. At the end of August, the family made the decision to wait to harvest the hay, as Sera's birthday was to be celebrated. On the night after the birthday, the week-long period of good weather ended and the rain began. At the end of the rainy season the Boros tried to collect the hay with harvest workers, but this attempt was thwarted by the onset of rain. The fodder, which is so important for the winter, rotted away and on top of that the family lost most of their money to pay the harvest workers. As a result, they had to sell a cow and the pig "Barney". In 1902 that would have been the end of the farm. When the second season was filmed in winter, it turned out that the supplies that had been put up in summer were largely spoiled.
In the book Wir Boros and the Black Forest House (Lübbe Verlag, 2003) , the actors told what actually happened during the journey through time and what was added to create a certain series dramaturgy .
Grimme Prize
The documentary turned out to be a surprise success. The audience share for the second episode was 19.1%, and the last episode was even 21.5%. The fears expressed in advance by Spiegel magazine that the public broadcasters wanted to imitate a kind of Big Brother were not confirmed. On the contrary: Due to the above-average quality, the series was awarded the Grimme Prize .
Todays use
The owners of the Kaltwasserhof and the community of Münstertal are trying today to market the Kaltwasserhof through the popularity of the television series. The owners offer tours for school classes and visitors to illustrate how life was 100 years ago. It shows how bread is baked - which can also be tasted - or how potash is made for washing or shingles for roofing. The owners use anecdotes and stories to illustrate the harsh conditions at that time and try to sensitize visitors to today's luxury.
The owner family, a retired couple, live a few months a year on the farm themselves, which is still managed without running water or electricity. The family grants guided tours in the summer months on weekends at a price of four euros (adults), there are also discounts. Guided tours for groups are possible all year round by arrangement.
literature
- Ismail Boro, Marianne Boro, Reya Boro, Sera Boro, Akay Boro: We Boros and the Black Forest House . Lübbe , Bergisch Gladbach 2003, ISBN 3-7857-2149-8
Web links
- Black Forest House 1902 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website of the Black Forest House 1902
Coordinates: 47 ° 50 '25.6 " N , 7 ° 49' 4.8" E