Elektro-Lähmung - Ein Film gegen die politische Ohnmacht

An initiative discusses a videotape in which a group of activists portrays themselves and their work against the "nuclear power mafia." After argumentatively and polemically confronting the economic and political power of the energy industry, the activists call for the shutdown of escalators to counteract people's electro-paralysis.

1989

1h 51min

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Eva Mattes
Activist
Jörg Hube
Satirist
Günter Jankowiak
Attorney Harry
Helma Fehrmann
Dagmar
Ingrid Ollrogge
Ruth
Heinrich Pachl
Ulf
Ciliane Dahlen
Old Woman
Eugen Klinger
Old Man
Ulrich Roloff-Monin
Man on Stairs
Jacobine Engel
Woman in wheelchair
Norbert Franiel
Man on bike

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