Die Hoferbin

(Inheriting the Farm)
by Matti Bauer
45’, Digital Betacam, Germany, 2008

Two years have passed since Matti Baur left Uschi, in her farm near Tegernsee, after having told us her story in the earlier documentary, Die Sennerin. Since then, many things have happened. Eighteen months ago, Uschi became a mother and her little Jakob is already walking in the courtyard. His father, however, has left them and now a new friend, an airline pilot, spends time with the young woman who wants to become a true farmer, and make cheese to sell by word of mouth. Her neighbors already consider her the farmer of the Grub, the old farm that is a precious architectural treasure of the Bavarian Alps. Here Uschi still lives under the roof of her father and her severe, inflexible mother. Relationships between the old and new generations of farmers are not easy. In fact, her mother decides to move across the street from where Uschi prepares to spend her life with her new companion and young child.

Matti Baur
Born in 1955, Matti Baur studied anthropology, geology, and Portuguese philology, and has done extensive research in the Amazon and other regions of Brazil. Journalist, author, and independent director, since the 1990s Baur has directed documentaries and films for the most eminent German television stations.