Summary Kars means snow or ice. Hardly any other place in the world corresponds as closely to its name as the region around this ancient city high in the Anatolian north on the border with Armenia. Backed by the legendary biblical mountain Ararat, the winter temperatures here often reach minus 50 degrees Celsius. Most of the inhabitants are fishermen and go to the nearby Cildir lake to catch prey. In the cold season, the people here survive only thanks to a unique method of fishing, which could be borrowed from the Eskimos in the far north of Alaska. They chop circular holes in the frozen lake, pull their nets under the ice from hole to hole and thus fetch up to 3 quintals of fish per haul from the icy waters on good days. The film gives some insights in the life of the "Eskimos of Anatolia" (the neighbouring Armenians call the North Anatolian mountain Turks). A story from an icy chamber of Anatolia.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Richard Gere The Dalai Lama
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7169/414839
Language : German
Production companies : Martin Thoma Film- und Fernsehproduktion Haberci Productions
Summary Kars means snow or ice. Hardly any other place in the world corresponds as closely to its name as the region around this ancient city high in the Anatolian north on the border with Armenia. Backed by the legendary biblical mountain Ararat, the winter temperatures here often reach minus 50 degrees Celsius. Most of the inhabitants are fishermen and go to the nearby Cildir lake to catch prey. In the cold season, the people here survive only thanks to a unique method of fishing, which could be borrowed from the Eskimos in the far north of Alaska. They chop circular holes in the frozen lake, pull their nets under the ice from hole to hole and thus fetch up to 3 quintals of fish per haul from the icy waters on good days. The film gives some insights in the life of the "Eskimos of Anatolia" (the neighbouring Armenians call the North Anatolian mountain Turks). A story from an icy chamber of Anatolia.
Genres : Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany
Official sites : https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7169/414839
Language : German
Production companies : Martin Thoma Film- und Fernsehproduktion Haberci Productions
