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WENN JAN UND LENKA HOCHZEIT MACHEN

THE MARRIAGE OF JAN AND LENKA

Hans-Günter Kaden

GDR, 1956, 18 Min

A Sorbian wedding in Sabrodt against the backdrop of the chimneys of the (then recently constructed) Schwarze Pumpe power station and the remark "a fellow miner is not unwelcome as a son-in-law".

©DEFA-Stiftung/Ewald Sudrow

The Braschka (or master of ceremonies) accompanies the couple and the village community, the latter also in traditional costume, from the invitation process and the donning of the wedding dress in the morning to the removal of the bridal jewellery in the evening. This early DEFA film not only captured the region's wedding customs down to the last detail but also today provides, above all, impressive evidence of what was then an exclusively Sorbian existence in the "Hoyerswerda Heathlands", a life which is revealed in an incidental, at times almost marginal, fashion. As such, the film today also speaks of the loss the region has undergone. GL

Filmformat
DVD | doc. | Farbe / Colour

Drehbuch
Mercin Nowak-Njechornski

Kamera
Ewald Sudrom

Schnitt
Evelyn Carow

Musik
Jurij Winar

Produzent
Heinz Rüsch

Produktion
DEFA-Studio für populärwissenschaftliche Filme

Kontakt
Deutsche Kinemathek - Museum für Film und Fernsehen
DEFA-Filmverleih
Mirko Wiermann
Potsdamer Str. 2
10785 Berlin
Germany
+49 30 30 09 03 63 4
www.deutsche-kinemathek.de
defa-filmverleih@deutsche-kinemathek.de

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