Tu sei qui: Portale
Actions

Details

Kreis-Tierschaufest (Ochsenfest) in Wetzlar   [Original Title]

District cattle-show festival (oxen festival) in Wetzlar   [Title Translation]
Nazione: Germany
Anno di produzione: 1914
Genere: Documentary Film
Location: Wetzlar (Hesse, Germany)

Credits:
Director: Oskar Barnack

A documentary on a festival in Wetzlar. Carriages representing the seasons of a farmer’s life drive by. Footage of the Domplatz and Kornmarkt in Wetzlar. Further carriages: traditional dresses from Wittenberg and the carriage of the “Union Club”, a society that was famous for its choir, which still exists today. Animals are lined-up for the award ceremony on “Finsterloh” festival square, near Büblinghausen. They are judged by a jury visible in the background. On the stand: the contemporary haute volée of Wetzlar. Two versions exist of this film, which was later edited and newly dubbed by Paul Grönert: the image quality of the longer version is inferior.

Since the 1910s, Oskar Barnack – inventor of the "Leica" – has documented the activities around Wetzlar with his self-constructed camera. He filmed floods and town fairs, medical experiments, sporting events and the company that employed him as a chief engineer: the Optical Works Ernst Leitz in Wetzlar. His films are the cadre of a film archive that gives local history the same importance as the results of major historic events.

Version 1
Lingua: n/a
Suono: Silent film
Mascherino: 1:1,33
Durata: 6 min 24 sec

» Complete Film
Lunghezza n/a Request Copy Button
Richiedi copia
Tipologia di copia n/a
Supporto n/a
Diritti Deutsches Filminstitut - DIF e.V.