Colonia Dignidad (2020)
Colonia Dignidad (2020)
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Plot.
The self-proclaimed preacher Paul Schäfer gathered people around him in post-war Germany. The sect founded a youth home near Cologne. But in 1961 Schäfer had to flee. Many followers followed him to Chile. 350 kilometers south of Santiago, far away from civilization, they begin building the Colonia Dignidad. A supposed model village with workshops, agriculture, livestock breeding was being created. But paradise became hell because slave labor, violence and sexual abuse soon became a part of everyday life. After the military coup in 1973, Schäfer served the new rulers: secret police chief Manuel Contreras and dictator Augusto Pinochet now came and went in the colony, while the opponents of the terrorist regime are tortured and killed in the cellars. Using unpublished archive material and contemporary witness statements, this 4-part documentary miniseries traces the complex, 50-year history of perpetrators, victims, supporters and opponents of this place that became the epitome of evil.
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Cast & Crew.

Jonas Baeck
Himself - Narrator

Edeltraud Bohnau
Herself - Interviewee

Willi Malessa
Himself - Interviewee

Wolfgang Kneese
Himself - Interviewee

Erika Tymm
Herself - Interviewee

Günter Schaffrik
Himself - Interviewee

Karl Van Den Berg
Himself - Interviewee

Robert Matthusen
Himself - Interviewee

Esther Müller
Herself - Interviewee

Martin Matthusen
Himself - Interviewee

Anne Schnellenkamp
Herself - Interviewee

Brigitte Baak
Herself - Interviewee

Kurt Schnellenkamp
Himself - Interviewee

Jürgen Szurgelies
Himself - Interviewee

Georg Laube
Himself - Interviewee

Luis Peebles
Himself - Interviewee

Salo Luna
Himself - Interviewee

Roberto Thieme
Himself - Interviewee

Alfred Gerlach
Himself - Interviewee

Luis Henríquez
Himself - Interviewee

Adriana Bórquez
Herself - Interviewee

Jaime Parra
Himself - Interviewee

Samuel Fuenzalida
Himself - Interviewee

Ida Gatz
Herself - Interviewee

Adrian Bravo
Himself - Interviewee

Richard Krause
Editor

Ulrich Stein
Editor

Marion Pohlschmidt
Editor

Hans Bauer
Sound

Zora Butzke
Sound

Rainer Hirsch
Sound

Danjela Brückner
Archival Footage Research

Claudia Hentze
Archival Footage Research

Manuela Piña Lawner
Archival Footage Research

Céline Zimmerer
Archival Footage Research

Jorge Bogalho
Production Manager

Melanie Braun
Production Manager

Holger Koop
Production Manager

Ulrike Becker
Commissioning Editor

Daniela Bunster
Associate Producer

Gunnar Dedio
Executive Producer

Christiane Hinz
Commissioning Editor

Barbara Schmitz
Commissioning Editor

Annette Baumeister
Director / Writer

Kai Christiansen
Director

Wilfried Huismann
Director / Writer

Heike Bittner
Director

Cristian Leighton
Idea

Birgit Rasch
Supervising Producer

Hans-Peter Ströer
Original Music Composer

Tobias Fritzsch
Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Michael Dreyer
Director of Photography

Erik Schimschar
Director of Photography

Johannes Straub
Director of Photography
Media.









Details.
Release DateMarch 10, 2020
Original NameColonia Dignidad - Aus dem Innern einer deutschen Sekte
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes4
Running Time52m
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
colonia dignidad
Miniseries
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