Epidemics, crises, attacks: Small and large disasters are played out almost weekly in Germany. They range from local fire drills to large-scale scenarios with hundreds of participants. MASTER OF DISASTER enters a hidden parallel universe of our everyday life: the world of disaster protectors and investigators who want to foresee the dangers threatening our complex world and train how to deal with them.
Subscribe to wocomoDOCS: [ Ссылка ]
Follow us on Facebook: [ Ссылка ]
The film shows the various protagonists in their simulations and test runs and exploring human behaviour in the event of a disaster. They work in the secure laboratories of infection research, in federal offices, on training grounds and in the glass palaces of insurance companies. They imagine possible catastrophes in every detail, no matter how small, in the hope of being prepared for any loss of control. And it shows the dedication of the rescue forces, on whose largely voluntary commitment the entire disaster and accident relief in Germany is based. Exciting insights are revealed, unexpected connections become visible, and so the film also raises the question of the controllability of our seemingly so controlled world and its problems. A film between staging and reality.
Written and directed by Jürgen Brügger and Jörg Haaßengier.
Produced by FILMTANK
in co-production with Mira Film, Zurich, ZDF/3sat and Swiss Television SRF
distributed by FILMTANK AUDIENCE
© 2018, Licensed by FILMTANK
