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Fatherland (2021)

Original title: Zahlvaterschaft

2021-06-13 · 22m · DE
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Gerson Liebl, grandson of a German colonial official from Togo, has been fighting for 30 years for the preservation of German citizenship and a right of residence in Germany. As a last resort, he resorts to a hunger strike. The images of his unflinching perseverance in front of Berlin's Red City Hall are accompanied on the soundtrack by statements, testimonies, paragraphs, legal texts, political viewpoints and excuses – then and now.

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Moritz SiebertDirector

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Gerson LieblGerson LieblSelfChristine RollarChristine RollarNarrator

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What is Fatherland about?

Gerson Liebl, grandson of a German colonial official from Togo, has been fighting for 30 years for the preservation of German citizenship and a right of residence in Germany. As a last resort, he resorts to a hunger strike. The images of his unflinching perseverance in front of Berlin's Red City Hall are accompanied on the soundtrack by statements, testimonies, paragraphs, legal texts, political viewpoints and excuses – then and now.

How long is Fatherland?

Fatherland has a runtime of 22 minutes.