GLADBECK: THE HOSTAGE CRISIS | DOCUMENTARY | BY VOLKER HEISE
Gladbeck, Germany, August 1988: Two gangsters rob a bank, take two hostages and embark on an odyssey across West Germany. They hijack a bus carrying almost thirty passengers. The police lose control of the situation while reporters get whiff of a sensation and inject themselves into a crime that blossoms into a media event. For three days, the eyes and ears of the entire country are glued to live television, live radio and newspapers – and before it’s all over, two innocent people are dead.
GLADBECK: THE HOSTAGE CRISIS tells an abysmal story exclusively using archive materials, including news, live reports, telephone recordings and amateur recordings made over the three days of the hostage rampage. The film is an unsparing look at the moment when news became merchandise and crime became spectacle – it was the beginning of an era that persists until today.
Director VOLKER HEISE | Producer YAN SCHOENEFELD | Editor JANINE DAUTERICH | Archive Producer JANNE GÄRTNER, MONIKA PREISCHL, MONA EL-BIRA | Music LOTHAR MANTEUFFEL, MILAN MEYER-KAYA | Executive Producer STEFAN KAUERTZ, FLORIAN SCHEWE, CHRISTOPH PETZENHAUSER | Executive Producer Time Based Arts MICHAEL SKRGATIC, JAMES ALLEN
Streams on NETFLIX
Nominated @ GRIMME AWARD 2023
Nominated @ GERMAN TELEVISION AWARD 2022
WINNER @ FOCAL INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2023
WINNER BEST EDITING @ GERMAN TELEVISION AWARDS 2022
WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY, BEST EDITING @ GERMAN TELEVISION ACADEMY 2022
Press coverage: Netflix, FAZ, DER SPIEGEL, SZ, Letterboxed, Übermedien, Forum
GLADBECK: THE HOSTAGE CRISIS tells an abysmal story exclusively using archive materials, including news, live reports, telephone recordings and amateur recordings made over the three days of the hostage rampage. The film is an unsparing look at the moment when news became merchandise and crime became spectacle – it was the beginning of an era that persists until today.
Director VOLKER HEISE | Producer YAN SCHOENEFELD | Editor JANINE DAUTERICH | Archive Producer JANNE GÄRTNER, MONIKA PREISCHL, MONA EL-BIRA | Music LOTHAR MANTEUFFEL, MILAN MEYER-KAYA | Executive Producer STEFAN KAUERTZ, FLORIAN SCHEWE, CHRISTOPH PETZENHAUSER | Executive Producer Time Based Arts MICHAEL SKRGATIC, JAMES ALLEN
Streams on NETFLIX
Nominated @ GRIMME AWARD 2023
Nominated @ GERMAN TELEVISION AWARD 2022
WINNER @ FOCAL INTERNATIONAL AWARDS 2023
WINNER BEST EDITING @ GERMAN TELEVISION AWARDS 2022
WINNER BEST DOCUMENTARY, BEST EDITING @ GERMAN TELEVISION ACADEMY 2022
Press coverage: Netflix, FAZ, DER SPIEGEL, SZ, Letterboxed, Übermedien, Forum
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