Min Herzing: Essay About a Fisherwoman
(Essay über ein Fischweib oder Min Herzing)
GDR, 1974, 15 min, color
In German; no subtitles
Essay über ein Fischweib oder Min Herzing © DEFA-Stiftung
Credits:
Belz, Uwe |
Belz, Uwe |
Kilian, Georg |
Belz, Uwe |
Hoffmann, Bärbel |
Kilian, Georg |
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Synopsis
The whole town knows the fisherwoman at the Warnemünde fish market. She is passionate about her job and refers to everyone with the term of endearment "Min Herzing." She was only 15 when she began catching fish with her father and 20 when she began carrying huge baskets of fish to market. Now, over fifty years later, it is her last day of work.