At the end of the Milky Way / Am Ende der Milchstraße

Running time: 97'

A small village in Mecklenburg, home of a close community shaped by German reunification: they shape their environment, inscribe themselves into the landscape. The 50 inhabitants breathe beyond the tides that define the values of the west. The people here exist on the breadline, are dependent on each other’s support. Work, memories and loss determine their daily lives. And yet the powerful farmer Maxe, his girlfriend Cordula, who lives with him in the country because she loves him, the newcomer Harry, who dreams of white nights at the North Cape, the milker Oli, soon to marry, and Gabi, mother of three, whose sons have come home looking for work, have created a wonderful community: an idyll that nevertheless seems on the brink of an abyss.

Authors:

  • Dirk Uhlig
    Dirk Uhlig, born 1967 in Meerane, studied medicine in Berlin. Has been a freelance visual artist since 1995. From 2000 he produced an increasing number of free video installations. From 2004-2005 he attended a course in audio-visual media design. Since 2005 he has also been involved in developing and creating interactive teaching materials. 
     
    Filmography:
     
    Am Ende der Milchstraße (2012)
    Der Rote Elvis (Schnitt) (2007)
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  • Leopold Grün
    Leopold Grün, born 1968 in Dresden, is a qualified teacher and media consultant. Besides teaching and film direction, he makes documentary films, works for the German voluntary self-regulation of television organisation (FSF) and develops interactive teaching materials with the German Federal Agency for Civic Education. He is a member of the selection committees of numerous film festivals.
     
    Filmography:
     
    Am Ende der Milchstraße (2012)
    Der Rote Elvis (2007)
    Final Destination (2001)
    Ob Sie Mir Das Glauben Oder Nicht (1999)
    You're Welcome (1993)
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