27. dokumentART
films & future
Searching for their own family history, a father and daughter go on a journey that leads them from the Baltic Sea to the South Seas. After the turn of the century Peter von Oertzen acquired the former estate of his family at the east coast of Mecklenburg, northern Germany. In the family archive he encounters previously unknown material of the family chronicle. The name „Gustav von Oertzen - Imperial Official Of The South Seas“ emerges. And even more amazingly, the names of two administrative islands: Neumecklenburg and Neupommern. Peter von Oertzen and his daughter Alina decide to travel to the South Seas, embarking on an exciting voyage of personal discovery.