Die große Angst – Zukunft in Ostdeutschland?

Overview

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.

Directed by Katja Herr, Emma Mack, Jan Lorenzen, David Holland, Max Kerkhoff

Top cast

Anna Thalbach

Self - Narrator

Lisa Eckhart

Self - Interviewee

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Matthias Quent

Self - Interviewee

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Fabian Klaus

Self - Interviewee

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Simone Taubenek

Self - Interviewee

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Christian Piechnick

Self - Interviewee

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Maximilian Steinbeis

Self - Interviewee

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Martin Wanitschke

Self - Interviewee

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Torsten Scholz

Self - Interviewee

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Arnim Teutoburg-Weiß

Self - Interviewee

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Manja Gruhn

Self - Interviewee

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Lisa Wendler

Self - Interviewee

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Florian Gut

Self - Interviewee

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Musa Abra

Self - Interviewee

Björn Höcke

Self (archive footage)

Alice Weidel

Self (archive footage)

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