Kursdorf
Director Michael Schwarz
Countries Germany
Duration 15 min
Synopsis
“Kursdorf is an idyllic village on the western corner of Sachsen, carefully enclosed by two runways of Leipzig-Halle Airport, a speed train track and the motorway junction Schkeuditz.” (www.kursdorf.net) Kursdorf - a quiet portrait about the loudest village in dey. (Long Version) This documentary short film supported by the FFA (de Federal Film Board) portrays Kursdorf - a small village in Sachsen - where about 200 inhabitants lived in the year 2000. The extension of Leipzig-Halle Airport bordering directly to the small village, the highway Dresden-Magdeburg driven by 55.000 cars daily and a high speed train trail cut off Kursdorf almost completely from the outside world. Most inhabitants have meanwhile left the village - only a small group of just under 30 inhabitants are still living in the ghost town which is now dominated by vacant houses.
“Kursdorf is an idyllic village on the western corner of Sachsen, carefully enclosed by two runways of Leipzig-Halle Airport, a speed train track and the motorway junction Schkeuditz.” (www.kursdorf.net) Kursdorf - a quiet portrait about the loudest village in dey. (Long Version) This documentary short film supported by the FFA (de Federal Film Board) portrays Kursdorf - a small village in Sachsen - where about 200 inhabitants lived in the year 2000. The extension of Leipzig-Halle Airport bordering directly to the small village, the highway Dresden-Magdeburg driven by 55.000 cars daily and a high speed train trail cut off Kursdorf almost completely from the outside world. Most inhabitants have meanwhile left the village - only a small group of just under 30 inhabitants are still living in the ghost town which is now dominated by vacant houses.