Baseballschlägerjahre - Die Wendegeneration und rechte Gewalt
Directed by Christian Bangel, Elke Sasse, Dilan Gropengiesser, Paul Buske, Adama Ulrich, Stella Könemann, Claudia Bracholdt, Toralf Staud, Sven Wolters, Lydia Meyer, Heike Kleffner, Johannes Radke
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After the end of the GDR, thrashings, threats and hunts were part of everyday life. In the years after the reunification of the early 1990s, hatred, racism and violence against foreigners and supporters of leftist ideology broken out in Eastern Germany. Most of those involved was young people. In many cities and towns, the streets and squares belonged to the right-wing scene, organized in neo-Nazi comradeships. Bomber jackets, combat boots and the Hitler salute showed the intimidated rest where they were. The baseball bat was a popular weapon. There were riots, attacks on asylum seekers' homes, mass brawls and hunt downs to those who look or think differently. It doesn't took long and the first deaths were to be mourned. The majority of the Eastern German population looked the other way or even applauded the deeds. A bad omen for the political development of later years. In six film segments, a team of authors take a look at the time reflected in interviews with contemporary witnesses.Read moreLess
After the end of the GDR, thrashings, threats and hunts were part of everyday life. In the years after the reunification of the early 1990s, hatred, racism and violence against foreigners and supporters of leftist ideology broken out in Eastern Germany. Most of those involved was young people. In many cities and towns, the streets and squares belonged to the right-wing scene, organized in neo-Nazi comradeships. Bomber jackets, combat boots and the Hitler salute showed the intimidated rest where they were. The baseball bat was a popular weapon. There were riots, attacks on asylum seekers' homes, mass brawls and hunt downs to those who look or think differently. It doesn't took long and the first deaths were to be mourned. The majority of the Eastern German population looked the other way or even applauded the deeds. A bad omen for the political development of later years. In six film segments, a team of authors take a look at the time reflected in interviews with contemporary witnesses.
The story
After the end of the GDR, thrashings, threats and hunts were part of everyday life. In the years after the reunification of the early 1990s, hatred, racism and violence against foreigners and supporters of leftist ideology broken out in Eastern Germany. Most of those involved was young people. In many cities and towns, the streets and squares belonged to the right-wing scene, organized in neo-Nazi comradeships. Bomber jackets, combat boots and the Hitler salute showed the intimidated rest where they were. The baseball bat was a popular weapon. There were riots, attacks on asylum seekers' homes, mass brawls and hunt downs to those who look or think differently. It doesn't took long and the first deaths were to be mourned. The majority of the Eastern German population looked the other way or even applauded the deeds. A bad omen for the political development of later years. In six film segments, a team of authors take a look at the time reflected in interviews with contemporary witnesses.
Cast & crew
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- Director
- Christian Bangel
- Writer
- Elke Sasse
- Writer
- Ulrike Neubecker
- Director of Photography
- Oscar Rindlisbacher
- Writer
- Adama Ulrich
- Writer
- Stella Könemann
- Writer
- Toralf Staud
- Writer
- Heike Kleffner
- Director
- Elke Sasse
- Producer
- Kristian Kähler
- Writer
- Lydia Meyer
- Director
- Dilan Gropengiesser
- Writer
- Christian Bangel
- Writer
- Claudia Bracholdt
- Director
- Paul Buske
- Writer
- Sven Wolters
- Director
- Adama Ulrich
- Director
- Stella Könemann
- Director of Photography
- Tom Hiller
- Director
- Claudia Bracholdt
- Writer
- Paul Buske
- Director of Photography
- Claus Kuhlmann
- Director of Photography
- André Neske
- Director
- Toralf Staud
- Director of Photography
- Marcus Zahn
- Writer
- Johannes Radke
- Director of Photography
- Björn Grochila
- Director of Photography
- André Böhm
- Director
- Sven Wolters
- Director
- Lydia Meyer