Eisenfresser

Deutschland 2006/2007 Dokumentarfilm

Summary

Documentary film about seasonal workers in Bangladesh. Every year, the famines in Bangladesh force more and more farmers to leave their home villages and to earn money as seasonal workers in the south of Bangladesh. By hand, they wreck discharged tankers and container ships that mainly originate from the rich industrial countries in gigantic shipyards but these jobs are badly paid, extremely exhausting and dangerous.

 

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Credits

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Titles

  • Originaltitel (DE) Eisenfresser

Versions

Original

Duration:
85 min
Format:
Super16mm + HDV - überspielt auf 35mm
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Dolby SR
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 08.05.2007, München, Dokumentarfilmfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 12.06.2008;
TV-Erstsendung (DE FR): 05.05.2009, Arte

Awards

2010
  • Adolf-Grimme-Preis
Eine-Welt-Filmpreis Nordrhein-Westfalen 2007
  • 1. Preis
Festival Film South Asia Katmandu 2007
  • Ram Bahadur Trophy als bester Film
Festival International du Film d'Environnement Paris 2007
  • Grand Prix
FBW 2007
  • Prädikat: Wertvoll