Walter
Director Daniela Imhoff
Countries Germany
Duration 31 min
Synopsis
Walter was a Chief Pharmacist during WW2. He took part in the Russian campaign from 1941 to 1942. As a passionate amateurfilmmaker, he shot the everyday life of the 129th Infanterie-Division. 70 years later, the historical footage is coincidentally passed on, into the hands of his granddaughter, video artist Daniela Imhoff, initiating a process of reexamination of personal and family history., Comprising original footage of her grandfather and of Daniela Imhoff’s own journey to Russia, Walter documents a journey in the, footsteps of war as reflecting upon the role of, the camera as a means of meaning and reality production. The Film, while labelled documentary, makes use of experimental technique, and unconventional form, in order to be true to the material on one end, and to reflect upon certain issues raised in the process on the, other.
Walter was a Chief Pharmacist during WW2. He took part in the Russian campaign from 1941 to 1942. As a passionate amateurfilmmaker, he shot the everyday life of the 129th Infanterie-Division. 70 years later, the historical footage is coincidentally passed on, into the hands of his granddaughter, video artist Daniela Imhoff, initiating a process of reexamination of personal and family history., Comprising original footage of her grandfather and of Daniela Imhoff’s own journey to Russia, Walter documents a journey in the, footsteps of war as reflecting upon the role of, the camera as a means of meaning and reality production. The Film, while labelled documentary, makes use of experimental technique, and unconventional form, in order to be true to the material on one end, and to reflect upon certain issues raised in the process on the, other.