Das Deutsche Volk

dir. Marcin Wierzchowski/Germany/2025/132 min.

The film tells the story of the 2020 racist attack in the city of Hanau in the German state of Hesse from the perspective of the bereaved relatives and the survivors. Within the space of just a few minutes, the perpetrator shot nine young people dead because he did not consider them to be German.

The film is presented as part of the project Cinema as a Laboratory V co-founded by the Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation.

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projection time:

132 min.
country/year:

Germany /2025
director:

Marcin Wierzchowski
original language of the film:

German, English, Romanian, Turkish
pictures:

Marcin Wierzchowski
editor:

Stefan Oliveira-Pita
production:

Marcin Wierzchowski, Pola Sell, Dorothea Braun / milk&water, strandfilm
festivals and awards:

2025 – Berlinale IFF, 2025 – Millennium Docs Against Gravity: International Premiere

sections:

Political studies
competitions:

Warsaw Documentary Award Smakjam Award for the Best Production in a Polish Film The Arthoouse Cinema Association Award in the Polish Competition Best Polish Film Award
tags:

migrations politics human rights protest friendship judiciary