Vandet på landet ( Water from the Land ) English Subtitles

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This reconstruction of Carl Th. Dreyer's
movie Water from the land from 1946

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is made on the basis of a gallery of
stills and unedited audio recordings.

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Water from the land

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- Tell me, Mr engineer, where do
water come from? - From the sky.

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- I thought it came from the ground.
- No. Water comes from the sky.

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- But how? - Water soaks down into
the ground and is later pumped back up.

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- Sorry, I do not get it.
- It is not so difficult.

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- Water soaks into the ground until it
reaches an impermeable layer of soil.

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