The Illegal Film (2019)
Since time immemorial, we have used images to form a picture of the world. But never before has there been as much filming and photography as there is currently. But how do people deal with it when the world and its image merge? The filmmakers Claus Wischmann and Martin Baer show how quickly and profoundly the way we deal with images is changing. Will we eventually move into a world in which reality and image can no longer be distinguished from each other?
Directors: Claus Wischmann, Martin Baer.
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Cem Kaya as Self |
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Susan Sontag as Self (archive footage) |
| Camera | Boris Fromageot | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Marcus Winterbauer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Martin Baer | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Martin Koddenberg | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Sebastian Hattop | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Thomas Kutschker | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Claus Wischmann | Director |
| Writing | Claus Wischmann | Writer |
| Directing | Martin Baer | Director |
| Writing | Martin Baer | Writer |
| Writing | Holger Preuße | Script Consultant |
| Production | Claus Wischmann | Producer |
| Production | Eva-Maria Weerts | Line Producer |
| Editing | Ralf Streese | Editor |
| Directing | Chrysanthi Goula | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Pascal Capitolin | Sound |
| Sound | Thomas Funk | Sound |
| Sound | Thomas Hamann | Sound |
| Sound | Cornelius Rapp | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Thomas Warneke | Sound |
| Visual Effects | Benjamin Mücket | Animation |
| Art | Tobias Pleban | Graphic Designer |
| Production | Alexandros Bozinidis | Researcher |
| Production | Julia Jasjunas | Researcher |
| Production | Tatjana Kennedy | Researcher |
| Crew | Christlieb Klages | Legal Services |
| Production | Michael Konstabel | Researcher |
| Production | Robert Richardson | Researcher |
| Production | Marie-Catherine Theiler | Researcher |
| Production | Chrysanthi Goula | Researcher |