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Memories of a Landscape - To Manuela
Memories of a Landscape - To Manuela

MEMORIES OF A LANDSCAPE - TO MANUELA

Erinnerungen an eine Landschaft - Für Manuela

Directed by Kurt Tetzlaff
East Germany, 1983
Documentary

Synopsis

Some villages are torn down because of open cast mining south of Leipzig. The landscape changes and so do the lives of the people. The four years chronicle – an allegory of the loss of homeland, the destruction of nature in the name of progress and prosperity. Sadness and melancholy remain.

Synopsis

Some villages are torn down because of open cast mining south of Leipzig. The landscape changes and so do the lives of the people. The four years chronicle – an allegory of the loss of homeland, the destruction of nature in the name of progress and prosperity. Sadness and melancholy remain.