Unter Kontrolle (Under Control)

Guests: Volker Sattel (Director), Prof. Stefan Stefanescu (Co-author), Adrienne Goehler (Publicist and Curator), Bert Rebhandl (Film Critique), and Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie). Moderator: Dorothee Wenner, Journalist and Director.
Following its première at the Berlin film festival, and ahead of its launch in German cinemas, this film makes its own topical contribution to the latest debate about nuclear power: the documentary begins with the promise of a shining, Utopian source of energy for the future. What follows is a panoramic portrayal of nuclear power generation in Germany.

The film introduces the nuclear world in small doses, through brief glimpses into the secret day-to-day goings-on behind the walls of the nuclear plants. Director Volker Sattel managed to get access to these heavily protected complexes. “We encountered an industrial-scale technology that was both fascinating and creepy at the same time”. He goes on to say that “looking at the long term, you can sense the enormous challenges and ludicrous efforts that this form of energy generation demands of human beings.” The film creates a prism of nuclear sites that reflect on the epoch of German nuclear power – a piece of the history of civilization.

Documentary I Director: Volker Sattel I Color I 35 mm I 98 mins I German with English Subtitles

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