Die Schmerzen der Lausitz

Die Schmerzen der Lausitz

1990
58min

A film essay documenting the devastation of the Lausitz region. The Sorb writer Jurij Koch describes the destruction wreaked as a component in an act of ethnocide: "The end of a language; even if the step is appantantly an economic necessity in terms of furhtering the region, it signifies impoverishment, the excavation of an ethnic habitat - a restriction of human richness."

Die Schmerzen der Lausitz

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A film essay documenting the devastation of the Lausitz region. The Sorb writer Jurij Koch describes the destruction wreaked as a component in an act of ethnocide: "The end of a language; even if the step is appantantly an economic necessity in terms of furhtering the region, it signifies impoverishment, the excavation of an ethnic habitat - a restriction of human richness."
    Released
    December 1990
    Runtime
    58min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    German
    Production
    DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme
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