Gegen das Schweigen - Machtmissbrauch bei Theater und Film (2024)
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?
Directors: Kira Gantner, Zita Zengerling.
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Kira Gantner as Self - Reporter & Narrator |
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Luna Jordan as Self - Interviewee |
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Verena Altenberger as Self - Interviewee |
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Julia Franz Richter as Self - Interviewee |
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Clemens Berndorff as Self - Interviewee |
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Katharina Mückstein as Self - Interviewee |
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Lisa-Lena Tritscher as Self - Interviewee |
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Meriam Abbas as Self - Interviewee |
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Anna Werner Friedmann as Self - Interviewee |
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Manuel Bräuer as Self - Interviewee |
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Werner Wultsch as Self - Interviewee |
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Zuzana Cuker as Self - Interviewee |
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Michael Podogil as Self - Interviewee |
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Rebecca Alice Döltl as Self - Interviewee |
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Ada Labahn as Self - Interviewee |
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Evi Kehrstephan as Self - Interviewee |
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Nikolaus Firmkranz as Self - Interviewee |
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Sarah Scharl as Self - Interviewee |
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Raphael Stompe as Self - Interviewee |
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Stefanie Speiser as Self - Interviewee |
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Sarah Zaharanski as Self - Interviewee |
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Isabell Polak as Self - Interviewee |
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Alexandra Löwy as Self - Interviewee |
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Valerie Besl as Self - Interviewee |
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Kida Khodr Ramadan as Self (archive footage) |
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Paulus Manker as Self (archive footage) |
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Julian Pölsler as Self (archive footage) |
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Christoph Grissemann as Self (archive footage) |
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Dirk Stermann as Self (archive footage) |
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Barbara Schöneberger as Self (archive footage) |
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Michel Abdollahi as Self (archive footage) |
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Niki Fellner as Self (archive footage) |
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Markus Kupferblum as Self (archive footage) |
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Heinz Sichrovsky as Self (archive footage) |
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Peter Simonischek as Self (archive footage) |
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Klaus Kinski as Self (archive footage) |
| Writing | Kira Gantner | Writer |
| Camera | Henning Wirtz | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Christian Claus Valentiner | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Christoph Fobbe | Color Grading |
| Art | Maximilian Klein | Graphic Designer |
| Writing | Betül Sarikaya | Writers' Assistant |
| Editing | David Diwiak | Editor |
| Writing | Zita Zengerling | Writer |
| Production | Anja Reingold | Production Manager |
| Camera | David Diwiak | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Zita Zengerling | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Lutz Ackermann | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | Christian von Brockhausen | Commissioning Editor |
| Directing | Kira Gantner | Director |
| Production | Yvonne Gagern | Production Manager |
| Directing | Zita Zengerling | Director |
| Writing | Stefanie Dodt | Writers' Assistant |
| Crew | Klaus Siekmann | Legal Services |