Waste Land

Environment/Nature, Germany 2001

Otzenrath was the first village to have to make way for the controversial Garzweiler II open-cast lignite mine at the beginning of the 21st century. Otzenrather Sprung is the first part of Jens Schanze's award-winning chronicle of village relocations in the Rhenish lignite mining area. The film accompanies some people during their last year in the old village.
63 min
HD
FSK 0
Audio language:
German
Subtitles:
English

Awards

Grimme Award 2002 Documentary/Cultural
German Camera Award 2002 Documentary (Documentary/Cultural Film)
Potsdam Sehsüchte 2002 Best Documentary

More information

Director:

Jens Schanze

Writer:

Jens Schanze

Original title:

Otzenrather Sprung

Original language:

German

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age rating:

FSK 0

Audio language:

German

Subtitles:

English