The Billions of Others
Directed by Christoph Eder, Tom Fröhlich2024 90mDocumentary, TV Movie
5.6
The market regulates everything! Diligence and work create prosperity! Capitalism needs growth! What is the truth behind the great principles of capitalism? And how do they work in Eastern Germany - a region that has been a capitalist test laboratory for around 30 years? It is symbolic of various places in the world that are going through similar processes. Renowned economic experts answer questions. How does a large-scale settlement of a global corporation like DHL take place and what must politics make possible for this? What happens when investors pour around a billion euros into one of the largest real estate projects in Europe in the Baltic Sea resort of Binz (Prora) on the Island of Rügen and no place is created that is worth living in? And how are the people in places like Zeitz, which capitalism has obviously forgotten? The film takes you through various stations, through the strongholds of Eastern German capitalism and the places where capitalism has not yet arrived.
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The Billions of Others was released on May 1, 2024.
The Billions of Others was directed by Christoph Eder, Tom Fröhlich.
The Billions of Others has a runtime of 90m.
The Billions of Others was produced by Michael Schönherr, Olaf Jacobs.
The market regulates everything! Diligence and work create prosperity! Capitalism needs growth! What is the truth behind the great principles of capitalism? And how do they work in Eastern Germany - a region that has been a capitalist test laboratory for around 30 years? It is symbolic of various places in the world that are going through similar processes. Renowned economic experts answer questions. How does a large-scale settlement of a global corporation like DHL take place and what must politics make possible for this? What happens when investors pour around a billion euros into one of the largest real estate projects in Europe in the Baltic Sea resort of Binz (Prora) on the Island of Rügen and no place is created that is worth living in? And how are the people in places like Zeitz, which capitalism has obviously forgotten? The film takes you through various stations, through the strongholds of Eastern German capitalism and the places where capitalism has not yet arrived.
The key characters in The Billions of Others are Capitalism Goddess (Anne Ratte-Polle), Bank Angel (Harald Günther), Self - Interviewee (Ulrike Malmendier).
The Billions of Others is a Documentary, TV Movie film.
The Billions of Others has an audience rating of 5.6 out of 10.