Wenn Spuren sichtbar werden
When traces become visible
The film delves deep into the history of a language and its literature, tainted with the reputation of minority status in Germany yet deeply rooted in Eastern Europe, and nowhere more so than in Slovakia. The chain of representatives of the “small, captive Slavic peoples” stretches from Ján Bocatius, Handrij Zejler, Michał Hórnik, Ján Kollár, Jan Arnošt Smoler and Ľudovít Štúr to more contemporary representatives such as Jakub Bart-Ćišinski and Jurij Brězan, in this remarkably researched historical excursion that reaches right up to the current day. GL
35 mm | Farbe / colour
Toni Bruk, Ladislav Volko
Michael Börner
Svetozar Stur
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Toni Bruk, Ladislav Volko -
Ladislav Volko
- born 1944 in Kežmarok, today Slovakia. He studied sociology at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland. In 1989, he became the Slovak ambassador to Poland and served in India between 1999 and 2004. He is furthermore a translator, journalist, essayist and author.
Toni Bruk
- born 1947 in Germany. He studied literature at the Leipzig University, GDR, and the Charles University in Prague, ČSSR. After working as a director for the DEFA in Dresden from 1980 till 1990, he has been a director and studio manager at Sorabia Filmstudio in Bautzen, Germany.
Ladislav Volko:
BRÜCKEN – BESUCHE OHNE PROTOKOLL (1987, short, doc)
Toni Bruk:
BRÜCKEN – BESUCHE OHNE PROTOKOLL (1987, short, doc)
DWA KAMJENJA (1992, short, Cottbus 2006)
NADZIJA NAD KAPORN (1993, short, Cottbus 2006)
STARY MUSKI A JOGO KUPA (2005, short, Cottbus 2006)
DREI RINGE (2002, Cottbus 2006)