Die große Angst – Zukunft in Ostdeutschland?

The story

In the 2024 elections in the eastern German states of Saxony and Thuringia, the right-wing extremist party AfD and the socio-culturally right-wing but socio-economically left-wing party BSW performed strongly. A similar result is predicted for Brandenburg. What will the enormous voter support for AfD and BSW mean for the economy, society, culture and local politics in eastern Germany in the future? Will the east of the country become increasingly ungovernable due to the decline of the established parties and the electoral successes of AfD and BSW, will the social mood change or can new compromises be found? In search of answers, the filmmakers accompanied people from Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg for several months, who presented their personal perspectives and life situations and gave insight into their worries, fears, wishes and expectations.

Cast & crew

Anna ThalbachSelf - Narrator

Lisa EckhartSelf - Interviewee

Matthias Quent

Matthias QuentSelf - Interviewee

Fabian Klaus

Fabian KlausSelf - Interviewee

Simone Taubenek

Simone TaubenekSelf - Interviewee

Christian Piechnick

Christian PiechnickSelf - Interviewee

Maximilian Steinbeis

Maximilian SteinbeisSelf - Interviewee

Martin Wanitschke

Martin WanitschkeSelf - Interviewee

Torsten Scholz

Torsten ScholzSelf - Interviewee

Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß

Arnim Teutoburg-WeißSelf - Interviewee

Manja Gruhn

Manja GruhnSelf - Interviewee

Lisa Wendler

Lisa WendlerSelf - Interviewee