The Billions of Others

Overview

The market regulates everything! Diligence and work create prosperity! Capitalism needs growth! What is the truth behind the great principles of capitalism? And how do they work in Eastern Germany - a region that has been a capitalist test laboratory for around 30 years? It is symbolic of various places in the world that are going through similar processes. Renowned economic experts answer questions. How does a large-scale settlement of a global corporation like DHL take place and what must politics make possible for this? What happens when investors pour around a billion euros into one of the largest real estate projects in Europe in the Baltic Sea resort of Binz (Prora) on the Island of Rügen and no place is created that is worth living in? And how are the people in places like Zeitz, which capitalism has obviously forgotten? The film takes you through various stations, through the strongholds of Eastern German capitalism and the places where capitalism has not yet arrived.

Directed by Christoph Eder, Tom Fröhlich

Top cast

Anne Ratte-Polle

Capitalism Goddess

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Harald Günther

Bank Angel

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Ulrike Malmendier

Self - Interviewee

C

Cornelius Pollmer

Self - Interviewee

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Ulrike Herrmann

Self - Interviewee

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Peter Jungen

Self - Interviewee

D

Daniel Hannemann

Self - Interviewee

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Simon Schandert

Self - Interviewee

K

Kai Gardeja

Self - Interviewee

R

Rolf Hoffmeister

Self - Interviewee

D

Dörte Sasse

Self - Interviewee

A

Andreas Horn

Self - Interviewee

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Ines Will

Self - Interviewee

C

Christian Thieme

Self - Interviewee

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Markus Otto

Self - Interviewee

B

Britta Böhme

Self - Interviewee

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Serkan Tuncer

Self - Interviewee

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David Dzialas

Self - Interviewee

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Steffen Amme

Self - Interviewee

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Holger Sasse

Self - Interviewee

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