KlassenverhƤltnisse am Bodensee
2022 Ā· 82m Ā· Documentary
A filmmaker reconstructs a common memory about the formerly industrialized Lake Constance region, which was also largely built up by migration ā and in recent years has mainly attracted people who do not like to pay taxes. The imprints speak, the fog. Without talking heads, in perspectives beyond the memorialized self-image of this region, classism becomes comprehensible.
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