In the organizer's words:

DE 2024; D: Irina Heckmann; 145 min.

Filmmaker Irina Heckmann from Witten personally presents her documentary about a German tour group traveling to Russia for a peace trip in 2017. Her film reflects on the encounters between people against the backdrop of the Second World War, Russia's attack on Ukraine and her own family history.

She writes about the film:
2017 - I am traveling to Russia with a German tour group.
I take the diary of the Wehrmacht soldier Buff as my travel reading,
killed in action in 1942 when he tried to give first aid to a Russian soldier.
Our itinerary intersects with places where he fought.
I grew up in Russia.
My grandmother worked in Stalin's camps.
2022 - the conflict that Russia's attack on Ukraine triggered in me
is a recurring theme throughout the film.
The trip to Russia was characterized by encounters between people
who share the experiences of their parents or grandparents - those of the Second World War.
In brief moments of rapprochement, many questions remain
remain unanswered - but above all about the meaning of war.

Price information:

Admission €9.50 / reduced: €7.50