Research and Crime: the Reich University of Strasbourg (2018)
Strasbourg was home to one of three Reich Universities founded by the Nazis, known as a project close to Hitler's heart. The university, founded in 1941, is infamous for the human experiments performed on KZ prisoners by the professors of the medical faculty. What did its dean, Johannes Stein, grandfather of documentarian Kirsten Esch, know of these crimes?
Director: Kirsten Esch
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Christiane Roßbach as Narrator (voice) |
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Matthias Klie as Narrator (voice) |
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Verena Rendtorff as Narrator (voice) |
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Nele Haas as Narrator (voice) |
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Rainer Möhler as Self |
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Christian Bonah as Self |
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Karin Esch as Self |
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Ewald Grothe as Self |
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Raphael Toledano as Self |
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Frédérique Neau-Dufour as Self |
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Elisabeth Raiser as Self |
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Pélagie Simon as Self |
| Writing | Kirsten Esch | Writer |
| Directing | Kirsten Esch | Director |
| Camera | Roland Breitschuh | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Robert Vakily | Editor |
| Editing | Sophie Oldenbourg | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Jana Musik | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Ralf Gromann | Sound |
| Sound | Silvio Reichenbach | Sound |
| Sound | Wolfgang Neumann | Music |
| Crew | Tomas Bastian | Mixing Engineer |
| Production | Estelle Nothoff | Production Manager |
| Production | Georg Reiser | Production Manager |
| Production | Thomas Lorenz | Producer |
| Production | Stefan Eberlein | Producer |
| Production | Manuel Fenn | Producer |
| Art | Shayan Sharegh | Graphic Designer |
| Sound | Tomas Bastian | Sound Designer |
| Editing | Martin Otter | Color Grading |