Im Sommer Sitzen die Alten

BACK TO SHORT LIST 2009
Date 9/10/09
Time 12.30
Location Germany
Duration 23 mins

Petra is a film maker. Inspired by the death of her Grandmother Magdalena, the talks with Magdalena’s live partner Gertrud, as well as an old suitcase of Magdalena, she writes a poem. To keep her memories of Magdalena and Gertrud alive and to prevent them from fading, she makes a film with the poem in it.

The story of this film is based on the published poem “Im Sommer Sitzen die Alten" by Ulrike Almut Sandig.
 

Director Beate Kunath
Country of Origin Germany
Category Short List
Date of Film 2009