Documentary Portrait / 26:09 min

Concept and Realization: Pauline Cemeris & Sebastian Schönfeld (MK/Film)

Original Languages: Russian / German Subtitles: German / English / French

The film was produced between 2022 and 2024 in Karlsruhe, with support from MK students. It was funded by Zeitbild-Lab and mentored by Prof. Serpil Turhan.

World Premiere and Festival Debut:

November 6, 2024 (10:30 PM) at the renowned Duisburger filmforum, as part of the 48th Duisburg Film Week.

More information -> https://www.duisburger-filmwoche.de/

Teaser Link: https://vimeo.com/1009913325/4f3bf54710

Short Synopsis:

Harvest is a short documentary portrait of Alexander Gross, born in 1934 in the German Volga Republic, Russia. Alexander recounts the challenging life of a Volga-German family in the Soviet Union, marked by the constant threat of hunger, political upheaval, and forced relocations. For him, gardening represents an existential practice, and gardens themselves are places of loss, protection, prosperity, sowing, and ultimately, harvesting.