Teaser
- Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth - ehemals Fließbandmetzger - erschuf mit seiner symbiotischen Landwirtschaft ein ökologisches Tierparadies
Synopsis
- … the butcher who loves the animals is a good butcher. What appears to be an ironic principle has been implemented by Karl Ludwig Schweisfurth making it possible again to say with a good conscience: “We must kill in order to live; we live of off other life”.
After turning his back on the meat industry, Schweinsfurth founded the Herrmannsdorfer Landwerkstätten. Now a model for sustainable agriculture and food production, it aims to create a holistic, ecologic environment, giving the animals a decent life and achieving top results in health standards and quality.
That alone was not enough for him though. The “growing and reaping” of meat has to become a connected process one can see and understand again. This is the idea with which Karl Ludwig Schweinsfurth stages a slaughter ceremony amidst his symbiotic farm which offers the animals a free life in nature. Following the old, traditional butchery craft, he demonstrates how an animal can be led to death with care and respect - honouring life.
Crew
- Director: Bertram Verhaag
- Director of photography: Waldemar Hauschild, Pauli Hien, Sebastian Felsch, Gerald Fritzen
- Editor (Cut): Stefan Frank
- Sound: Andy Kickel, Markus von Kleist
- Production company: DENKmal-Film Verhaag GmbH
Festivals
- (2011) Berlinale / CULINARY CINEMA, Berlin
- (2011) Ökofilmtour, Potsdam
- (2011) Naturvision, Neuschönau
- (2011) Atlantis Natur- und Umweltfest, Wiesbaden
