The False Promise of Advancement (2025)
2025 · 1h 30m · Documentary, TV Movie
Genres: Documentary, TV Movie
Origin sticks like shit to your shoe! That's what Marlen Hobrack says, who grew up as a working-class child in Bautzen. But the promise of the old Federal Republic was that you can become anything if you just try hard enough. But that no longer applies. So is class in Germany fixed from birth?
Director: Dirk Schneider, Ariane Riecker
Writers: Dirk Schneider, Ariane Riecker
Cinematography: Thomas Keffel, Lars Langer
Editor: Ferenc Stobäus, Anika Wiegert
Cast
Marlen Hobrack as Self - IntervieweeScott Wempe as Self - IntervieweeNatalya Nepomnyashcha as Self - IntervieweeJörg Theobald as Self - IntervieweeStephanie zu Guttenberg as Self - IntervieweeCawa Younosi as Self - IntervieweeMartyna Linartas as Self - IntervieweeMarcel Helbig as Self - IntervieweeMichael Hartmann as Self - IntervieweeCiani-Sophia Höder as Self - IntervieweeEva Voss as Self - IntervieweeJoe Kaeser as Self (archive footage)More like this
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