Die große Angst – Zukunft in Ostdeutschland?

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.

Discover

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)

Camera

David Holland

Director of Photography

Bernadette Paaßen

Director of Photography

Roman Schlaack

Director of Photography

Marc Voigt

Director of Photography

Marcus Zahn

Director of Photography

Crew

Ute Beutler

Commissioning Editor

Silke Heinz

Commissioning Editor

Directing

Katja Herr

Director

Emma Mack

Director

Jan Lorenzen

Director

David Holland

Director

Max Kerkhoff

Director

Editing

Simon Rüger-Fader

Assistant Editor

Philipp Kieseier

Assistant Editor

Production

Olaf Jacobs

Producer

Maria Lan Duong

Production Assistant

Dennis Münch

Production Manager

Frank Seidel

Production Manager

Sabrina Volkmer

Production Manager

Martin Kopplin

Researcher

Writing

Katja Herr

Writer

Emma Mack

Writer

Camera

David Holland

Director of Photography

Bernadette Paaßen

Director of Photography

Roman Schlaack

Director of Photography

Marc Voigt

Director of Photography

Marcus Zahn

Director of Photography

Crew

Ute Beutler

Commissioning Editor

Silke Heinz

Commissioning Editor

Directing

Katja Herr

Director

Emma Mack

Director

Jan Lorenzen

Director

David Holland

Director

Max Kerkhoff

Director

Editing

Simon Rüger-Fader

Assistant Editor

Philipp Kieseier

Assistant Editor

Production

Olaf Jacobs

Producer

Maria Lan Duong

Production Assistant

Dennis Münch

Production Manager

Frank Seidel

Production Manager

Sabrina Volkmer

Production Manager

Martin Kopplin

Researcher

Writing

Katja Herr

Writer

Emma Mack

Writer