Ich habe viele Leben gelebt | Genossinnen

I HAVE LIVED MANY LIVES. ALEXANDRA KOLLONTAI 1872-1952:
WRITTEN BY: Margareta Heinrich, Ullabritt Horn
CAMERA: Franz Schoys, Hermann Dunzendorfer, Peter Freisz
LENGTH: 20 min
FORMAT: b/w, digital
VERSION: German original version

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WRITTEN BY: Margareta Heinrich, Ullabritt Horn
CAMERA: Peter Schreiner, Paul Choung
WITH: Jutta Schwarz, Herbert Adamec, Anna Schwarz, Claudia Schneider (voice)
LENGTH: 53 min
FORMAT: b/w, DigiBeta
VERSION: German original version

Two works created together with the film artist Ullabritt Horn that deal with the biography and work of the Russian revolutionary and early feminist Alexandra Kollontai. First in the form of a text collage about marriage, free love and women's self-realization - accompanied by Austrian summer landscapes. Then as a short feature film: after the Russian Revolution, one person should never again oppress another. Vanya lives with her husband Nikolai and daughter Ninotchka in a sparse apartment. She wants to be an exemplary comrade, but has to resign herself. Her husband cheats on her, she loses her job and finally her child dies. Here, too, the encounter with another woman forms the center of the story and awakens hope for a new beginning. (Florian Widegger)