There are various ways to watch the film. For more information, please contact our distributor: Majestic
A GERMAN PARTY (2022)
World Premiere: Berlin International Filmfestival 2022
Cinema release: 16.06.2022
Director: Simon Brückner
SUMMARY
A look inside the AfD, beyond the excitement of the media. Simon Brückner's exclusive access at local, state and federal level leads into the back rooms of a controversial party struggling with internal conflicts. A striking overall picture emerges, composed of precisely observed individual scenes, without any external influence, without spoken commentary. Direct Cinema in the communication space of an organisation whose radical-wing-candidates fight against supposed moderates. Political shear forces become visible, right down to the party's new generation, which seems to have already broken with the Federal Republic's system. The international networking of a right-wing that is regrouping and gaining ground globally is also highlighted. The AfD system is drifting inexorably further and further to the right.
A cinematic mosaic created with sociological flair confronts the viewer with a parallel world that has long since become the new standard for many party supporters, some of them from the center of society. Gray areas emerge, sometimes oppressively banal, and the abysses of extremism, hostility and contempt towards supposed strangers and ideological opponents are laid bare.
In its pursuit of an analytically unbiased approach, the film takes us to places away from the public battlefields and begins where the daily news coverage must end. A balancing act between proximity and distance, which places the viewer's own experience at the centre and invites to think and reflect further. Simon Brückner managed to accompany entire networks and committees over several years. Eine Deutsche Partei is the uncomfortable document of a historical survey. A journey to people right at the edge of democracy.
„'A GERMAN PARTY' documents the self-dismantling of the AfD.“
Maria Fiedler, Tagesspiegel
„Spooky or even entertaining in a bizarre way.“
Ines Schwerdtne, JACOBIN
„Funny and incredibly shocking at the same time.“
Daniel Schieferdecker, Esquire
PRODUCTION
EINE DEUTSCHE PARTEI is a production by Hubertus Siegert's production company spicefilm in co-production with ZDF/3sat and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. The film was supported with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Deutscher Filmförderfonds.
The documentary, whose research began in 2017, was shot between 2019 and 2021 by cameraman and director Simon Brückner. The film was shot openly and with the consent of all people and committees involved. The AfD had no say in the editing of the film.
World premiere: Berlinale Special February 16th, 2022
International premiere: Vision de Reel 2022
German cinema release (Majestic): June 16th, 2022
„An excellent, challenging work.“
Janick Nolting, Digital Fernsehen
„The documentary manages to ride the razor's edge.“
Gareth Joswig, taz
„There has probably never been such a stirring look at the supporters and voters of a party like this before.“
Peter Osteried, Programmkino.de
„This film undoubtedly shows that a picture is worth a thousand words.“
Luis Enrique Forero Varela, Goethe Institut (Spanien)
„There is no alternative for this documentary film.“
Andreas Scheiner, NZZ
„magnificent political documentary“
The Seventh Art
Producer Hubertus Siegert and director Simon Brückner. Photo M. Bothor (2022).
LICENCES FOR FILM USE
A GERMAN PARTY (2022)
World Premiere: Berlin International Filmfestival 2022
Cinema release: 16.06.2022
Director: Simon Brückner
SUMMARY
A look inside the AfD, beyond the excitement of the media. Simon Brückner's exclusive access at local, state and federal level leads into the back rooms of a controversial party struggling with internal conflicts. A striking overall picture emerges, composed of precisely observed individual scenes, without any external influence, without spoken commentary. Direct Cinema in the communication space of an organisation whose radical-wing-candidates fight against supposed moderates. Political shear forces become visible, right down to the party's new generation, which seems to have already broken with the Federal Republic's system. The international networking of a right-wing that is regrouping and gaining ground globally is also highlighted. The AfD system is drifting inexorably further and further to the right.
A cinematic mosaic created with sociological flair confronts the viewer with a parallel world that has long since become the new standard for many party supporters, some of them from the center of society. Gray areas emerge, sometimes oppressively banal, and the abysses of extremism, hostility and contempt towards supposed strangers and ideological opponents are laid bare.
In its pursuit of an analytically unbiased approach, the film takes us to places away from the public battlefields and begins where the daily news coverage must end. A balancing act between proximity and distance, which places the viewer's own experience at the centre and invites to think and reflect further. Simon Brückner managed to accompany entire networks and committees over several years. Eine Deutsche Partei is the uncomfortable document of a historical survey. A journey to people right at the edge of democracy.
„'A GERMAN PARTY' documents the self-dismantling of the AfD.“
Maria Fiedler, Tagesspiegel
„Spooky or even entertaining in a bizarre way.“
Ines Schwerdtne, JACOBIN
„Funny and incredibly shocking at the same time.“
Daniel Schieferdecker, Esquire
„An excellent, challenging work.“
Janick Nolting, Digital Fernsehen
„The documentary manages to ride the razor's edge.“
Gareth Joswig, taz
„There has probably never been such a stirring look at the supporters and voters of a party like this before.“
Peter Osteried, Programmkino.de
PRODUCTION
EINE DEUTSCHE PARTEI is a production by Hubertus Siegert's production company spicefilm in co-production with ZDF/3sat and Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg. The film was supported with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Deutscher Filmförderfonds.
The documentary, whose research began in 2017, was shot between 2019 and 2021 by cameraman and director Simon Brückner. The film was shot openly and with the consent of all people and committees involved. The AfD had no say in the editing of the film.
World premiere: Berlinale Special February 16th, 2022
International premiere: Vision de Reel 2022
German cinema release (Majestic): June 16th, 2022
„This film undoubtedly shows that a picture is worth a thousand words.“
Luis Enrique Forero Varela, Goethe Institut (Spanien)
„There is no alternative for this documentary film.“
Andreas Scheiner, NZZ
„magnificent political documentary“
The Seventh Art
Producer Hubertus Siegert and director Simon Brückner. Photo M. Bothor (2022).
LICENCES FOR FILM USE
There are various ways to watch the film. For more information, please contact our distributor: Majestic
S.U.M.O. FILM
Marienstraße 27
D-10117 Berlin
office [at] sumofilm.de
SPICE FILM
Marienstraße 27
D-10117 Berlin
office [at] spicefilm.de
S.U.M.O. FILM
Marienstraße 27
D-10117 Berlin
office [at] sumofilm.de
SPICE FILM
Marienstraße 27
D-10117 Berlin
office [at] spicefilm.de