L'Ouest sauvage
The Wild West
Aline Fischer
2010 - 57 min - HDV - Couleur - France

In the spring of 1945, 400,000 German soldiers and 305,000 Russian soldiers die during the Battle of the Oder-Neiss. On the former front line, 100 km from Berlin, a country now takes root, a mix of triumphant armies, defeated nation, Nazis on the run, and pillagers from everywhere…
To this day, the border between Germany and Poland is still known as The Wild West. People coming from an atmosphere of Film noir chronicle the memory of a border territory transited by emigrants. Sometimes during the night and just before the forests…
They are Russian-speaking truck drivers, a Polish seller, a taxi man and border guards, or young Bulgarian prostitutes.