6.30 min. extract of 30 min. - documentary directed by Claudia Rorarius (1998)
Else Rorarius grew up with her eleven siblings on the court of the parents. After she met my grandfather at a dance, they married in 1941 and moved to Berlin. During World War II my grandfather was stationed as a soldier and became ill with typhus. He died 10 days after the birth of their common child: my father. Despite the difficult circumstances during and after the war my granny is a fun-loving woman and talks in her wonderful way of the memories of her youth. The film stands as a synonym for an everyday fate at that time.
CREDITS
Writer, Director CLAUDIA RORARIUS
Director of Photography STEFAN KARLE (16mm), CLAUDIA RORARIUS (DV)
Sound Recordists PETER SIMON
Editors CLAUDIA RORARIUS, CHRISTIAN BECKER
Special Thanks
ELSE RORARIUS
Coaching
PROF. DIETRICH LEDER
CHRISTA DONNER
