LETTERS TO ORSK

Filmmaker Andreas and his sister Vanessa find letters previously unknown to them from Natalia, their mother, whom they never really knew due to her early death at the age of only 30. The words she once wrote to her parents in the Russian industrial city of Orsk open a small window into space and time - a second chance to listen to their mother. In her early 20s, Natalia emigrated to Germany to work as a music teacher, hoping to find a better life. The reality, however, was different. Since her diploma was not recognized by the German authorities, she found only odd jobs and felt more and more alienated from her new home. Natalia died far from home and without her parents by her side. For Vanessa and Andreas, their mother becomes real again – somewhere between her letters, the steppe of Orsk and the grandparents they grew up with.

Andreas Boschmann © Andreas Boschmann
Andreas Boschmann © Andreas Boschmann
photos © Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF / Clara Rosenthal 2023
  • Genre
    Biopic, Family Doc, History
  • CATEGORY
    Documentary
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2023
  • DIRECTOR
    Andreas Boschmann
  • SCREENPLAY
    Andreas Boschmann, Anastasya Stolyarov
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Clara Rosenthal, Aleksandra Medianikova, Andreas Boschmann
  • PRODUCER
    Jenny Mathes
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • RUNTIME
    83 min
  • LANGUAGES
    German, Russian
  • GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR
    Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • SALES
    Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF,
    Cristina Marx
    cristina.marx@filmuniversitaet.de
    www.filmuniversitaet.de