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Just once in his life every Russian
wants to catch his little golden fish, because if
he casts it back, it will grant almost every wish.
"The Fairy Tale of the Little Fish" tells
of a group of Russians from Daugavpils in Latvia
who today have wishes and dreams, at the end of
their lives, they hope the Little Golden Fish will
grant.
In the Summer of 1941 the German Wehrmacht occupied
Latvia. Around 10 million civilians, prisoners of
war and inmates of concentration camps were forced
to work in German factories, workshops and on the
land.
The film's protagonists were still youngsters and
children when they were dragged off to work for
the Third Reich. After the liberation, they started
a new life in Daugavpils in the south-east of Latvia,
until 1991 a Soviet republic. Only now, almost 60
years after the end of the war, are they being offered
compensation from the funds of the organisation
"Memory, Responsibility and Future", a trust created
by German industry.
In the context of these current compensation claims,
they speak - in some cases for the first time since
the end of the war - about their experiences in
German Concentration Camps and Forced Labour Camps,
and of the discrimination and accusations of treason
after their return to the Soviet Union.
However, "The Fairy Tale of the Little Fish"
tells above all of the survival strategies the protagonists
have developed in order to come to terms with the
traumatic experiences of their youth and childhood.
Through the Russian folk tale of the Little Golden
Fish, brought to life as a cartoon, the viewer learns
of youthful dreams which have remained alive to
this day, and of the small yet important things
of daily existence: the love of food and of a red
Moskwitsch car, a granddaughter whose grandmother
means more to her than her mother, or of the feeling
of freedom, riding a clapped out bike through the
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with
Script & Director
Editor
Director of Photography
Animation
Boom Operators
Sound Design & Mixing
Score Music
Editor-in-chief
Producers
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Olja Nikolajenko
Boris Musikantik
Jewgeni Obolenski
Wassili Pawlov
Wolfgang Reinke
Sybille Eckhardt
Marta Pruska
Milen Vitanov
Sergej Bubenko u.a.
Dietrich Körner
Eike Hosenfeld & Moritz Denis
Annedore von Donop, ZDF-Das kleine Fernsehspiel
Jens Körner
Thomas Riedel
Oliver Niemeier |
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documentary, 84 mins, color, DV-CAM,
Germany 2004
A produktion of filmkombinat Nordost GmbH &
Co. KG - by order of ZDF-Das kleine Fernsehspiel.
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Premiere
Thursday March 31, 2005 at 8pm at Dokument-Kino
Berlin, Germany
Kino
from April 4, 2005 every Monday in April at 6pm
at Dokument-Kino
Berlin, Germany
TV
First Sceening at ZDF on Monday, April 4, 2005 at
0.35am
attendance figures 470.000, market share: 11,5%
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