My Mother, a War and Me (0+)
Germany , 2014, colour, 78 min.
Directors: Tamara Trampe , Johann Feindt
Directors: Tamara Trampe , Johann Feindt
December 1942. WW II. A snowfield behind the Russian lines. That is where my mother gave birth to me. She was a nurse in the Red Army back then. She never talked about the war. “Leave me alone”, she used to say. Only two years before she died, we began to talk in front of the camera. This footage and many questions were in my bag, when I went back to Russia and to Ukraine. What was it to be a young woman at the front, what was the attitude to life?
AWARDS
“PANORAMA” Berlinale (Germany), 2014: Heiner-Carow-Award; IFEMA Malmö WFF (Sweden), 2015: Audience Award.
Tamara Trampe
Tamara Trampe
was born in 1942 in Voronezh, Russia. She studied German Language and Literature. From 1970 to 1990 she was involved in numerous feature films as a script and dramatic advisor at DEFA Babelsberg. Since 1990 she has worked as a freelance filmmaker, scriptwriter and dramatic advisor and teaches at several film schools.
FILMOGRAPHY
Ich War Einmal Ein Kind, 1988; Im Glanze Dieses Glückes, 1990; Der Schwarze Kasten, 1991; Protokoll Einer Recherche, 2001; Weiße Raben – Alptraum Tschetschenien, 2005; Lullaby, 2010; My Mother, a War and Me, 2014.
Johann Feindt
Johann Feindt
was born in 1951 in Hamburg, Germany. He initially studied medicine. In 1980 he graduated from the DFFB in Berlin and has been working as a cinematographer, scriptwriter and director for television productions, documentary and feature films ever since.
FILMOGRAPHY
Unversöhnliche Erinnerungen, 1979; Der Versuch zu Leben, 1982; Nachtjäger, 1988; Im Glanze Dieses Glückes, 1990; Der schwarze Kasten, 1991; Wundbrand, 1994; Weiße Raben – Alptraum Tschetschenien, 2005; Lullaby, 2010; My Mother, a War and Me, 2014.
Germany , 2014, colour, 78 min.
Directors: Tamara Trampe , Johann Feindt
Directors: Tamara Trampe , Johann Feindt
December 1942. WW II. A snowfield behind the Russian lines. That is where my mother gave birth to me. She was a nurse in the Red Army back then. She never talked about the war. “Leave me alone”, she used to say. Only two years before she died, we began to talk in front of the camera. This footage and many questions were in my bag, when I went back to Russia and to Ukraine. What was it to be a young woman at the front, what was the attitude to life?
AWARDS
“PANORAMA” Berlinale (Germany), 2014: Heiner-Carow-Award; IFEMA Malmö WFF (Sweden), 2015: Audience Award.