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Milk and Honey from Rotfront (2001)

Milk and Honey from Rotfront poster
Original title
Milch und Honig aus Rotfront
Directed by
Hans-Erich Viet
Genre
documentary film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 55m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary profiles the Mennonite community in the village of Rotfront, Kyrgyzstan. It shows their hard daily life on the steppe and their feelings about Germany and Kyrgyzstan.

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What happens

Milch und Honig aus Rotfront is en Dokumentarfilm vun Hans-Erich Viet över dat Dörp Rotfront in Kirgisien. Dor leevt plautdietsche Mennoniten. De Film wiest dat harte Leven vun disse Minschen in de kirgis’sche Stepp, wat se dinkt un ehr Verhältnis to Düütschland un Kirgisien. De Idee to’n Film harr Viet, as he in’n Mai 1995 mit ene Grupp Filmlüüd dör Kirgisien reisen dee un dor nich wied weg vun’n Himalaja dit düütsche Dörp funnen hett. Dat eerste Maal lopen is de Film op de Berlinale 2001. 2001 weer de Film ok för den Bundsfilmpries nomineert. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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