Films: Human interest
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Uschi, a Bavarian Cowgirl
Uschi is in her late twenties and wants to become a farmer. This summer, like those past, the pretty young woman is drawn to the loneliness of a pasture high above Lake Tegern where she will spend four months tending a herd of 30 cows and calves, making butter and cheese and preparing for her agricultural exams. She loves the adventurous mixture of responsibility and freedom inherent in being a shepherd, and she plans to enjoy that freedom one last time before taking over her parents' farm next year - even if they think she should find a husband first. 2004, BR, 45 min
White Gypsies
An ethnic group in Germany
Once a nomadic group of traders, the Yeniche people in Germany have now planted roots and are, to a large extent, an integrated part of society. Nonetheless, their past means they are continually fighting for their identity. With established settlers dubbing them gypsies and crooks, and gypsies calling them outsiders and members of the bourgeoisie, they are caught between two stools, two cultures and two traditions. For the most part, Yeniche families live in Southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Some are now fully integrated members of middle-class society, others are still stuck on the fringes, where they suffer as a… 2001, ZDF, 30 min
Wildenranna
Lower Bavaria, Bavarian Forest, gentle hills, deep valleys and more forest. Beyond Passau, near the Austrian and Czech border is the village of Wildenranna. It has a church, a regular's table at the local pub, 900 inhabitants, hard winters, short, cold summers, agriculture and forestry. Some left to seek their fortune in 1930s America, but most of them came back again, unable to stay away from their roots forever. The feeling of belonging has always been a big part of life in Wildenranna, and those who live there today, say it still is. Writer and director Alice Agneskirchner sets off… 2002, BR, 75 min
Young, successful – unemployed
Dominique Klughammer (Writer/Director) won the 2004 BAVARIAN TELEVISION PRIZE for her film which ran as part of the ZDF strand, "37°". Jury's Statement: The depressing subject of wide-spread unemployment has Germany and the nation's journalists in its grip. The fact that today's joblessness affects young, highly qualified and thus far, successful people is a phenomenon which has received little attention. In her documentary, writer and director Dominique Klughammer follows the paths of three people, representative of others of their generation, as they analyse their premature mid-life crises. 2003, ZDF, 30 min