Documentary · East Germany · 1990 · 38m

Farewell, Beautiful Forest… or How a Film Was Censored

"Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald…" oder Wie ein Film verhindert wurde

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Director

Günter Lippmann

Cast

Michael Walke as Narrator (voice)

Crew

Dieter Vetters — Director of Photography Petra Barthel — Editor Viktoria Dietrich — Editor Günter Lippmann — Writer

Synopsis

The film reports on the massive forest damage in the Ore Mountains on the Czech-German border and the desperate struggle of foresters and residents to save this landscape. Hope, doubt and an ever-increasing ecological catastrophe are pitted against a blind and deaf doctrinaire state power that denies the facts.

Mood & Themes

forestry

Key Collaborators

Günter Lippmann Director Dieter Vetters Director of Photography Petra Barthel Editor Viktoria Dietrich Editor Günter Lippmann Writer

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