Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt (2020)
Nach dem Ende der DDR gehörten Prügel, Drohungen und Hetzjagden zum Alltag. Nach der Wiedervereinigung Anfang der 1990er-Jahre brachen in Ostdeutschland ganz offen Hass, Rassismus und Gewalt gegen Ausländer und Anhänger linker Ideologie aus, meist durch Jugendliche. In vielen Städten gehörten die Straßen und Plätze der rechten Szene, organisiert in Neonazi-Kameradschaften. Bomberjacken, Springerstiefel und Hitler-Gruß zeigten dem eingeschüchterten Rest, wo man stand. Der Baseballschläger war eine beliebte Waffe. Es gab Ausschreitungen, Angriffe auf Asylbewerberheime, Massenschlägereien und Jagden auf jene, die anders aussahen oder anders dachten. Es dauerte nicht lange zu den ersten Todesfällen. Die Mehrheit der ostdeutschen Bevölkerung schaute weg oder applaudierte sogar. Ein schlechtes Zeichen für die dortige politische Entwicklung zukünftiger Jahre. In sechs Filmsegmenten wirft ein Autorenteam einen Blick auf die Zeit, reflektiert durch Interviews mit Zeitzeugen.
Die Regisseur: Christian Bangel, Claudia Bracholdt, Sven Wolters, Adama Ulrich, Lydia Meyer, Toralf Staud, Heike Kleffner, Johannes Radke, Dilan Gropengiesser, Stella Könemann, Paul Buske, Elke Sasse.
https://www.berlin-producers.de/project/baseballschlaegerjahre/
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Nurcan Özdemir as Self - Narrator (voice) |
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Christian Bangel as Self - Interviewee |
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Klaus Baldauf as Self - Interviewee |
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Marcus Reinert as Self - Interviewee |
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René Wilke as Self - Interviewee |
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David Begrich as Self - Interviewee |
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Gabriele Herbst as Self - Interviewee |
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Wolfgang Kaleck as Self - Interviewee |
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Wolfgang Mönckmeyer as Self - Interviewee |
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Dennis H. as Self - Interviewee |
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Juliana Gombe as Self - Interviewee |
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Mustafa Hussein as Self - Interviewee |
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Augusto Jone Munjunga as Self - Interviewee |
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Moises Myuma as Self - Interviewee |
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Uta Leichsenring as Self - Interviewee |
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Volker Schäfer as Self - Interviewee |
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Heinz-Joachim Lohmann as Self - Interviewee |
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Steven Hartung as Self - Interviewee |
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Fabian Wichmann as Self - Interviewee |
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Nguyen Dinh Khoi as Self - Interviewee |
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Nguyen Lan Chi as Self - Interviewee |
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Björn Höcke as Self - Orator |
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Alexander Gauland as Self - Orator |
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Amadeu António as Self (archive footage) |
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Ulrich Laser as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Christian Bangel | Director |
| Writing | Christian Bangel | Writer |
| Directing | Claudia Bracholdt | Director |
| Writing | Claudia Bracholdt | Writer |
| Directing | Sven Wolters | Director |
| Writing | Sven Wolters | Writer |
| Directing | Adama Ulrich | Director |
| Writing | Adama Ulrich | Writer |
| Directing | Lydia Meyer | Director |
| Writing | Lydia Meyer | Writer |
| Directing | Toralf Staud | Director |
| Writing | Toralf Staud | Writer |
| Directing | Heike Kleffner | Director |
| Writing | Heike Kleffner | Writer |
| Directing | Johannes Radke | Director |
| Writing | Johannes Radke | Writer |
| Writing | Dilan Gropengiesser | Writer |
| Directing | Dilan Gropengiesser | Director |
| Directing | Stella Könemann | Director |
| Writing | Stella Könemann | Writer |
| Directing | Paul Buske | Director |
| Writing | Paul Buske | Writer |
| Directing | Elke Sasse | Director |
| Writing | Elke Sasse | Writer |
| Writing | Ulrike Neubecker | Writer |
| Production | Thilo Kasper | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Johannes Unger | Supervising Producer |
| Production | Kristian Kähler | Producer |
| Production | Ulrike Neubecker | Producer |
| Camera | Paul Buske | Director of Photography |
| Camera | André Böhm | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Björn Grochila | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Tom Hiller | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Claus Kuhlmann | Director of Photography |
| Camera | André Neske | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Karim Oeltze von Lobenthal | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Oscar Rindlisbacher | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Marcus Zahn | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Arno Canzler | Editor |
| Editing | Philip Kiessling | Editor |