The Children of Golzow is a documentary by the German filmmaker Winfried Junge that was started in 1961 and lasted until 2007, when the series concluded. The film is a prolonged observation of the lives of several people in the Brandenburg

Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

 town of Golzow

Golzow

Golzow is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Culture and sightseeing:Golzow is famous for the DEFA long-term documentary "Die Kinder von Golzow" , which accompanied the lives of people from Golzow in numerous films between 1961 and 2007.-External links:...

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In 1985, the episode "Lebensläufe" got into the Guinness Book of World Records as the movie with the longest production period. There is also a museum about the documentary in Golzow

Golzow

Golzow is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Culture and sightseeing:Golzow is famous for the DEFA long-term documentary "Die Kinder von Golzow" , which accompanied the lives of people from Golzow in numerous films between 1961 and 2007.-External links:...

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Introduction

Eighteen people who where born from 1953 to 1955 were observed by camera from 1961 to 2007 by Junge and his wife, Barbara. The filmmaker dealt with the personal situations (such as deaths of relatives) of the characters and filmed them in dramatic situations.

Social aspect

The films reflect not only the individual life stories of the character but also provide profound insight into the history of the GDR and the reunification

German reunification

German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...

 process with West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

. After the end of the GDR and therefore the DEFA

Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, better known as DEFA, was the public-owned film studio in East Germany throughout that country's history.-History:...

, Junge continued the "Golzow-Project" with the ARD

ARD (broadcaster)

ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...

 and its local affiliate RBB

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg is an institution under public law for the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, situated in Berlin and Potsdam...

.

Segments

This is a list of the installments of the "Children of Golzow

Golzow

Golzow is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Culture and sightseeing:Golzow is famous for the DEFA long-term documentary "Die Kinder von Golzow" , which accompanied the lives of people from Golzow in numerous films between 1961 and 2007.-External links:...

" until 2007. The titles are in the German language, translation into English in brackets.

• 1961 Wenn ich erst zur Schule geh (13 min, b/w) - (When I finally go to school)
• 1962 Nach einem Jahr - Beobachtungen in einer ersten Klasse (14 min, b/w) - (After a year - observation in a first grade)
• 1966 Elf Jahre alt (29 min, b/w) - (Eleven years old)
• 1969 Wenn man vierzehn ist (36 min, b/w) - (When you are fourteen)
• 1971 Die Prüfung (19 min, b/w) - (The exam)
• 1975 Ich sprach mit einem Mädchen (30 min, b/w) - (I spoke to a girl)
• 1979/80 Anmut sparet nicht noch Mühe (107 min) - (Neither save grace nor effort)
• 1980 Lebensläufe - Die Geschichte der Kinder von Golzow in einzelnen Portraits (257 min) - (Resume - the story of the children of Golzow in separate portraits)
• 1984 Diese Golzower - Umstandsbestimmung eines Ortes (100 min) - (These inhabitants of Golzow - adversial phrase of a location)
• 1992 Drehbuch: Die Zeiten; Drei Jahrzehnte mit den Kindern von Golzow und der DEFA (284 min, 3 parts) - (Storyline: the times; three decades with the children of Golzow and the DEFA)
• 1994 Das Leben des Jürgen von Golzow (192 min) - (The life of Jürgen from Golzow)
• 1995 Die Geschichte vom Onkel Willy aus Golzow (145 min) - (The story of uncle Willy from Golzow)
• 1996/97 Was geht euch mein Leben an - Elke, Kind von Golzow (125 min) - (My life is none of your business - Elke, child of Golzow)
• 1996/97 Da habt ihr mein Leben - Marieluise, Kind von Golzow (141 min) - (My life there you have it - Marieluise, child of Golzow)
• 1998 Brigitte und Marcel - Golzower Lebenswege (110 min) - (Brigitte and Marcel - Golzow paths of life)
• 1999 Ein Mensch wie Dieter - Golzower (122 min) - (A human like Dieter - from Golzow)
• 2001 Jochen - ein Golzower aus Philadelphia (119 min) - (Jochen - inhabitant of Golzow from Philadelphia)
• 2002 Eigentlich wollte ich Förster werden - Bernd aus Golzow (142 min) - (Actually I wanted to become a forester - Bernd from Golzow)
• 2006 Und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind... - Das Ende der unendlichen Geschichte (278 min, 2 parts) - (And they live happily... The end of the neverending story.)
• 2007 ...dann leben sie noch heute - Das Ende der unendlichen Geschichte (290 min, 2 parts) - (...ever after. The end of the neverending story.)

See also

• Up Series
• Springfield Up
  Springfield Up
  "Springfield Up" is the thirteenth episode of the eighteenth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired in the United States on February 18, 2007. In the episode, filmmaker Declan Desmond returns to Springfield to film the continuation of his documentary series Growing Up Springfield, which...
  
   (The Simpsons
  The Simpsons
  The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
  
  episode)

The Children of Golzow (German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

: Die Kinder von Golzow) is a documentary by the German filmmaker Winfried Junge that was started in 1961 and lasted until 2007, when the series concluded. The film is a prolonged observation of the lives of several people in the Brandenburg

Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

 town of Golzow

Golzow

Golzow is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Culture and sightseeing:Golzow is famous for the DEFA long-term documentary "Die Kinder von Golzow" , which accompanied the lives of people from Golzow in numerous films between 1961 and 2007.-External links:...

.

In 1985, the episode "Lebensläufe" got into the Guinness Book of World Records as the movie with the longest production period. There is also a museum about the documentary in Golzow

Golzow

Golzow is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Culture and sightseeing:Golzow is famous for the DEFA long-term documentary "Die Kinder von Golzow" , which accompanied the lives of people from Golzow in numerous films between 1961 and 2007.-External links:...

.

Introduction

Eighteen people who where born from 1953 to 1955 were observed by camera from 1961 to 2007 by Junge and his wife, Barbara. The filmmaker dealt with the personal situations (such as deaths of relatives) of the characters and filmed them in dramatic situations.

Social aspect

The films reflect not only the individual life stories of the character but also provide profound insight into the history of the GDR and the reunification

German reunification

German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...

 process with West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

. After the end of the GDR and therefore the DEFA

Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, better known as DEFA, was the public-owned film studio in East Germany throughout that country's history.-History:...

, Junge continued the "Golzow-Project" with the ARD

ARD (broadcaster)

ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...

 and its local affiliate RBB

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg is an institution under public law for the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, situated in Berlin and Potsdam...

.

Segments

This is a list of the installments of the "Children of Golzow

Golzow

Golzow is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Culture and sightseeing:Golzow is famous for the DEFA long-term documentary "Die Kinder von Golzow" , which accompanied the lives of people from Golzow in numerous films between 1961 and 2007.-External links:...

" until 2007. The titles are in the German language, translation into English in brackets.

• 1961 Wenn ich erst zur Schule geh (13 min, b/w) - (When I finally go to school)
• 1962 Nach einem Jahr - Beobachtungen in einer ersten Klasse (14 min, b/w) - (After a year - observation in a first grade)
• 1966 Elf Jahre alt (29 min, b/w) - (Eleven years old)
• 1969 Wenn man vierzehn ist (36 min, b/w) - (When you are fourteen)
• 1971 Die Prüfung (19 min, b/w) - (The exam)
• 1975 Ich sprach mit einem Mädchen (30 min, b/w) - (I spoke to a girl)
• 1979/80 Anmut sparet nicht noch Mühe (107 min) - (Neither save grace nor effort)
• 1980 Lebensläufe - Die Geschichte der Kinder von Golzow in einzelnen Portraits (257 min) - (Resume - the story of the children of Golzow in separate portraits)
• 1984 Diese Golzower - Umstandsbestimmung eines Ortes (100 min) - (These inhabitants of Golzow - adversial phrase of a location)
• 1992 Drehbuch: Die Zeiten; Drei Jahrzehnte mit den Kindern von Golzow und der DEFA (284 min, 3 parts) - (Storyline: the times; three decades with the children of Golzow and the DEFA)
• 1994 Das Leben des Jürgen von Golzow (192 min) - (The life of Jürgen from Golzow)
• 1995 Die Geschichte vom Onkel Willy aus Golzow (145 min) - (The story of uncle Willy from Golzow)
• 1996/97 Was geht euch mein Leben an - Elke, Kind von Golzow (125 min) - (My life is none of your business - Elke, child of Golzow)
• 1996/97 Da habt ihr mein Leben - Marieluise, Kind von Golzow (141 min) - (My life there you have it - Marieluise, child of Golzow)
• 1998 Brigitte und Marcel - Golzower Lebenswege (110 min) - (Brigitte and Marcel - Golzow paths of life)
• 1999 Ein Mensch wie Dieter - Golzower (122 min) - (A human like Dieter - from Golzow)
• 2001 Jochen - ein Golzower aus Philadelphia (119 min) - (Jochen - inhabitant of Golzow from Philadelphia)
• 2002 Eigentlich wollte ich Förster werden - Bernd aus Golzow (142 min) - (Actually I wanted to become a forester - Bernd from Golzow)
• 2006 Und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind... - Das Ende der unendlichen Geschichte (278 min, 2 parts) - (And they live happily... The end of the neverending story.)
• 2007 ...dann leben sie noch heute - Das Ende der unendlichen Geschichte (290 min, 2 parts) - (...ever after. The end of the neverending story.)

See also

• Up Series
• Springfield Up
  Springfield Up
  "Springfield Up" is the thirteenth episode of the eighteenth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired in the United States on February 18, 2007. In the episode, filmmaker Declan Desmond returns to Springfield to film the continuation of his documentary series Growing Up Springfield, which...
  
   (The Simpsons
  The Simpsons
  The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
  
  episode)

The Children of Golzow (German

German language

German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

: Die Kinder von Golzow) is a documentary by the German filmmaker Winfried Junge that was started in 1961 and lasted until 2007, when the series concluded. The film is a prolonged observation of the lives of several people in the Brandenburg

Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...

 town of Golzow

Golzow

Golzow is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Culture and sightseeing:Golzow is famous for the DEFA long-term documentary "Die Kinder von Golzow" , which accompanied the lives of people from Golzow in numerous films between 1961 and 2007.-External links:...

.

In 1985, the episode "Lebensläufe" got into the Guinness Book of World Records as the movie with the longest production period. There is also a museum about the documentary in Golzow

Golzow

Golzow is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Culture and sightseeing:Golzow is famous for the DEFA long-term documentary "Die Kinder von Golzow" , which accompanied the lives of people from Golzow in numerous films between 1961 and 2007.-External links:...

.

Introduction

Eighteen people who where born from 1953 to 1955 were observed by camera from 1961 to 2007 by Junge and his wife, Barbara. The filmmaker dealt with the personal situations (such as deaths of relatives) of the characters and filmed them in dramatic situations.

Social aspect

The films reflect not only the individual life stories of the character but also provide profound insight into the history of the GDR and the reunification

German reunification

German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...

 process with West Germany

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

. After the end of the GDR and therefore the DEFA

Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft

Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft, better known as DEFA, was the public-owned film studio in East Germany throughout that country's history.-History:...

, Junge continued the "Golzow-Project" with the ARD

ARD (broadcaster)

ARD is a joint organization of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters...

 and its local affiliate RBB

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg

Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg is an institution under public law for the states of Berlin and Brandenburg, situated in Berlin and Potsdam...

.

Segments

This is a list of the installments of the "Children of Golzow

Golzow

Golzow is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Culture and sightseeing:Golzow is famous for the DEFA long-term documentary "Die Kinder von Golzow" , which accompanied the lives of people from Golzow in numerous films between 1961 and 2007.-External links:...

" until 2007. The titles are in the German language, translation into English in brackets.

• 1961 Wenn ich erst zur Schule geh (13 min, b/w) - (When I finally go to school)
• 1962 Nach einem Jahr - Beobachtungen in einer ersten Klasse (14 min, b/w) - (After a year - observation in a first grade)
• 1966 Elf Jahre alt (29 min, b/w) - (Eleven years old)
• 1969 Wenn man vierzehn ist (36 min, b/w) - (When you are fourteen)
• 1971 Die Prüfung (19 min, b/w) - (The exam)
• 1975 Ich sprach mit einem Mädchen (30 min, b/w) - (I spoke to a girl)
• 1979/80 Anmut sparet nicht noch Mühe (107 min) - (Neither save grace nor effort)
• 1980 Lebensläufe - Die Geschichte der Kinder von Golzow in einzelnen Portraits (257 min) - (Resume - the story of the children of Golzow in separate portraits)
• 1984 Diese Golzower - Umstandsbestimmung eines Ortes (100 min) - (These inhabitants of Golzow - adversial phrase of a location)
• 1992 Drehbuch: Die Zeiten; Drei Jahrzehnte mit den Kindern von Golzow und der DEFA (284 min, 3 parts) - (Storyline: the times; three decades with the children of Golzow and the DEFA)
• 1994 Das Leben des Jürgen von Golzow (192 min) - (The life of Jürgen from Golzow)
• 1995 Die Geschichte vom Onkel Willy aus Golzow (145 min) - (The story of uncle Willy from Golzow)
• 1996/97 Was geht euch mein Leben an - Elke, Kind von Golzow (125 min) - (My life is none of your business - Elke, child of Golzow)
• 1996/97 Da habt ihr mein Leben - Marieluise, Kind von Golzow (141 min) - (My life there you have it - Marieluise, child of Golzow)
• 1998 Brigitte und Marcel - Golzower Lebenswege (110 min) - (Brigitte and Marcel - Golzow paths of life)
• 1999 Ein Mensch wie Dieter - Golzower (122 min) - (A human like Dieter - from Golzow)
• 2001 Jochen - ein Golzower aus Philadelphia (119 min) - (Jochen - inhabitant of Golzow from Philadelphia)
• 2002 Eigentlich wollte ich Förster werden - Bernd aus Golzow (142 min) - (Actually I wanted to become a forester - Bernd from Golzow)
• 2006 Und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind... - Das Ende der unendlichen Geschichte (278 min, 2 parts) - (And they live happily... The end of the neverending story.)
• 2007 ...dann leben sie noch heute - Das Ende der unendlichen Geschichte (290 min, 2 parts) - (...ever after. The end of the neverending story.)

External links

• Kinder von Golzow official site
• DDR-Lexikon: Die Kinder von Golzow
• Webseite des Gemeindezentrums Golzow; Kontakt zur ständigen Ausstellung "Kinder von Golzow"
• Winfried Junge at the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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