LIVING IN POVERTY'S SHADOW  | DOCUMENTARY | BY STEFAN KAUERTZ

Germany is a rich country, but statistically every fifth person is endangered by poverty. VON ARMUT BEDROHT - LIVING IN POVERTY‘S SHADOW - follows the journalist Thilo Mischke who meets five people living on the edge of poverty and tells their personal stories. Director Stefan Kauertz shares a different view on the subject by creating emotional portraits of the protagonists who are not defined by a mere figure in a statistic.

​VON ARMUT BEDROHT was aired October 5th 2020 at 8:15 PM on PROSIEBEN.

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Director STEFAN KAUERTZ | Author STEFAN KAUERTZ | Executive Producer CASPAR FISCHER, STEFAN KAUERTZ, ANJA BUWERT, FLORIAN SCHEWE | Camera SABINE STRECKHARDT | Editor: ANDRÉ NIER

Co-Production with PQPP2 (Berlin)

Commissioned by PROSIEBEN