The Billions of Others (2024)

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Released:
2024-05-01

Overview:
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.

Directors:
Christoph Eder, Tom Fröhlich

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Documentary, TV Movie

  • Cast:
  • Anne Ratte-Polle
    as
    Capitalism Goddess
  • Harald Günther
    as
    Bank Angel
  • Ulrike Malmendier
    as
    Self - Interviewee
  • Cornelius Pollmer
    as
    Self - Interviewee
  • Ulrike Herrmann
    as
    Self - Interviewee