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Release Date:
January 1, 1997
Original Title:
Countdown für die Ewigkeit
Alternate Titles:
Countdown für die Ewigkeit - Atommüll als Kommunikationsproblem
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Reinhard Schneider Filmproduktion
Sender Freies Berlin
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 44
In 1980, the American professor Thomas A. Sebeok received a call that took him by surprise. He was to participate in a crisis team of the Bechtel corporation. This assembly of renowned scientists was concerned with the question of what should be done with the now accumulated quantities of radioactive waste from military and civilian use. One task was to develop notification systems that would still be able to warn of the dangers of radioactive substances 10,000 years from now.
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Director:
Reinhard Schneider
Director of Photography:
Bernhard Schönherr
Editor:
Reinhard Schneider
Bernhard Schönherr
Editorial Staff:
Pierre Le Page
Production Manager:
Dieter Melzer
Researcher:
Sandra Berger
Sound:
Andreas Blum
Sound Assistant:
Sofie Linke
Writer:
Reinhard Schneider
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