I was glad to see that another of the better NDR documentaries made its way to the IMDb. This film tells the short stories of different people and animals sharing a habitat on the Baltic peninsula Darss.
To be honest, the storyline is a little misleading, since the strange and funny mayor is by far not the leading character of this film. He is merely another interesting figure with an interesting hobby: painting the cranes, arriving every year in spring and leaving south by October. The other characters are equally interesting and refreshingly strange.
If you think the cranes, at least, would be the leading "actors", you're wrong again. We encounter many animals, including impressive shots of sea eagles, that live in the area.
The film has a convincing structure, divided into little connected stories of man and animals. The animal shots are average, some highlights (the eagle!), but nothing extraordinary. The overall atmosphere is quite emotional - but I like that!
It's just the music, dear folks at NDR (or dear director, dear producer) that is a clear NO GO. Spare us this electronic yowling next time!
To be honest, the storyline is a little misleading, since the strange and funny mayor is by far not the leading character of this film. He is merely another interesting figure with an interesting hobby: painting the cranes, arriving every year in spring and leaving south by October. The other characters are equally interesting and refreshingly strange.
If you think the cranes, at least, would be the leading "actors", you're wrong again. We encounter many animals, including impressive shots of sea eagles, that live in the area.
The film has a convincing structure, divided into little connected stories of man and animals. The animal shots are average, some highlights (the eagle!), but nothing extraordinary. The overall atmosphere is quite emotional - but I like that!
It's just the music, dear folks at NDR (or dear director, dear producer) that is a clear NO GO. Spare us this electronic yowling next time!