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Release Date:
February 27, 2024
Original Title:
Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film
Alternate Titles:
NDR Story: Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film
Genres:
Documentary | TV Movie
Production Companies:
ARD
NDR
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 60
Insults, humiliation, violence, sexual assault - the world behind the camera and the scenes can be a nightmare for many theater and film professionals. Apparently there is a real climate of fear in some film and theater productions. Some directors, but also well-known actors, apparently abuse their power and treat those around them on set or on stage with contempt or even abuse. Individual cases have been known for years, including under #metoo. But are they really isolated cases? Or can directors and actors allow themselves anything because the system allows it? In their three-year research, the documentary filmmakers spoke to more than 200 film and theater professionals about the problems in their industry. How much responsibility do the alleged perpetrators bear for abuse of power and how much responsibility does the financiers, production companies, broadcasters and also the audience bear?
Color Grading:
Christoph Fobbe
Commissioning Editor:
Lutz Ackermann
Christian von Brockhausen
Director:
Zita Zengerling
Kira Gantner
Director of Photography:
David Diwiak
Henning Wirtz
Zita Zengerling
Editor:
David Diwiak
Graphic Designer:
Maximilian Klein
Legal Services:
Klaus Siekmann
Production Manager:
Anja Reingold
Yvonne Gagern
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Christian Claus Valentiner
Writer:
Zita Zengerling
Kira Gantner
Writers' Assistant:
Betül Sarikaya
Stefanie Dodt
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