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2018 [GERMAN]

Action / Documentary

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IMDb Rating 7.0/10 10 305 305

karl marx capitalism market economy finances economy wachstum

Plot summary

Melting glaciers, gullied seas, the financial markets are about to collapse. Spectacular images of how growth continues to be blinding. Outside you can hardly see anything because of the smog and the smoke screen.

Director

Florian Opitz Photo
Florian Opitz

Top cast

Donald Trump Photo
Donald Trump as Self
George W. Bush Photo
George W. Bush as Self
Angela Merkel Photo
Angela Merkel as Self
Ronald Reagan Photo
Ronald Reagan as Self
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887.46 MB
1280*534
German 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
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1.61 GB
1920*800
German 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Phil_Chester

Lightweight and generally meaningless

A very flimsy documentary, which is effectively all assertion with very little evidence to back it up. It's watchable, but you won't learn anything. Probably not worth your time.
Reviewed by pacocharte 8 / 10

Different take on the limits and dangers of finance capitalism

The presentation is pretty good despite some natural clunkiness expected when German filmmakers decide to make a movie in English.Don't believe the other reviews if they say "been there done that" or "nothing new here" - In fact, as stated above, it does present its arguments in a novel way and is thorough in breaking things down.The fact of the matter is that current day (post?) capitalism relies almost exclusively on growth and profit for only growth and profit's sake. The other fact is that the Earth is a finite environment and will not be capable of providing infinite resources or letting us do so in a manner that doesn't further damage it, which is one way that capitalism externalizes losses onto the public commons. The growth has to stop sometime or something else will give.Sadly, I think the natural progression of things as laid out by this film has us living in one of the many dystopian sci-fi scenarios involving the billionaire class escaping to off-world satellite colonies or Mars while the rest of us are turned into batteries like in The Matrix. OK, that last part is a bit hyperbolic, but the rest of us already are and will continue to suffer the consequences of unfettered growth, the financialization of everything and the resulting damage to our environment leading to danger to all of our lives.
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