Gold Rush - The History of the Treuhand
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Gold Rush - The History of the Treuhand |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2012 |
| length | 94 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| production | Thomas Kufus |
| music | Ulrike Haage |
| camera | Thomas Plenert |
| cut | Dirk Laabs |
Gold Rush - The History of the Treuhand is a German documentary film from 2012 that addresses the privatization of East German companies by the Treuhandanstalt .
content
The film describes cases of fraud in privatization by the Treuhandanstalt by private investors and employees of the Treuhandandanstalt.
background
The documentary was made with the support of the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg Film Fund, the Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Film Fund , the North Rhine-Westphalia Film Foundation , the German Film Fund and the DEFA Film Foundation ( DEFA Foundation ).
After some discrepancy, the original director withdrew his name. The film was made by the film company zero one film in coproduction with SWR , NDR and MDR .
publication
The documentary was shown in the cinema before it was shown on television. It was released on DVD on October 11, 2013.
Reviews
- Filmstarts rated the film 3.5 out of 5 stars. The reviewer Robert Cherkowski writes: "In the angry, material-rich documentary 'Gold Rush', one of the blackest chapters of reunification is brought to the fore: the robbery of the Treuhandanstalt in the new federal states."
Web links
- zeroone - Gold Rush - The history of the trust
- REALFICTION - The history of the Treuhandanstalt
- Trust documentation "Gold Rush": For a handful of D-Marks