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Die große Angst – Zukunft in Ostdeutschland? 2024 Directed by Katja Herr , Emma Mack , ...

In the 2024 elections in the eastern German states of Saxony and Thuringia, the right-wing extremist party AfD and the socio-culturally right-wing but socio-economically left-wing party BSW performed strongly. A similar result is predicted for Brandenburg. What will the enormous voter support for AfD and BSW mean for the economy, society, culture and local politics in eastern Germany in the future? Will the east of the country become increasingly ungovernable due to the decline of the established parties and the electoral successes of AfD and BSW, will the social mood change or can new compromises be found? In search of answers, the filmmakers accompanied people from Saxony, Thuringia and Brandenburg for several months, who presented their personal perspectives and life situations and gave insight into their worries, fears, wishes and expectations.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Production Companies RBB , MDR , Hoferichter & Jacobs
Release Date 9 September 2024
44 mins
Cast
Anna Thalbach Self - Narrator
Lisa Eckhart Self - Interviewee
Matthias Quent Self - Interviewee
Fabian Klaus Self - Interviewee
Simone Taubenek Self - Interviewee
Christian Piechnick Self - Interviewee
Maximilian Steinbeis Self - Interviewee
Martin Wanitschke Self - Interviewee
Torsten Scholz Self - Interviewee
Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß Self - Interviewee
Manja Gruhn Self - Interviewee
Lisa Wendler Self - Interviewee
Florian Gut Self - Interviewee
Musa Abra Self - Interviewee
Björn Höcke Self (archive footage)
Alice Weidel Self (archive footage)