Faces of the Steppe

Clumps of grass sway in the wind. On the horizon the lush green colour merges into the bright blue of the sky. This is the steppe in south-west Russia: an endless expanse, a place where nothing seems to happen. Berlin director Daniel Erb shows us the landscape and its inhabitants in evocative images and with the richly detailed original soundtrack. Gradually and with great empathy he reveals the daily lives of the faces of the steppe - not as a commentator or protagonist, but as a silent, close observer.