A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene

03/19/2021

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0hr 52min

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Documentary

,History

,TV Movie

STORY

Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Tobias Meister
  • Karl-Heinz Leven
  • Klaus Bergdolt
  • Mathieu Da Vinha
  • Harald Seifert

    Directors

  • Christel Fomm
  • Roman Schlaack
  • Stefan Schneider

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • ARTE
  • ZDF
  • Gruppe 5

    Production Countries

  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • French
  • German