Earth in your hand is the story of those people, who refused to leave their home, when all others did. Out of a previous 1500 Saxons in the town Hammersdorf (Rumania) only 47 inhabitants of German origin remain. These last flag-bearers are determined to stay put and keep what’s still there. There is absolute calm in Hammersdorf this summer - until "The Germans" arrive. This year the Saxon emigrants return to visit their “old homeland”, many for the first time since they emigrated.
After a first Documentary in 2003, I was intruiged to know more about this village, where the notion of homeland could be observed with concentration at one place.
Michael Städter, Michael Zank, Regina Pildner, Thomas Fleischer
Eva Stotz
Erwin M. Schmidt
Henner Besuch
Claudia Gleisner
Erwin M. Schmidt and Eva Stotz