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Alarm

1973 · 20 min

A sober, quietly enraging portrait of a poisoned industrial city, leaving a heavy sense of helplessness against distant power.

Directed by
Per-Åke Holmquist
Genres
Documentary
Overview
A documentary portrayal of Duisburg, a poisoned, slowly dying city of 700,000 inhabitants. Children in Duisburg grow more slowly than other children, ten times as many people die of lung cancer. The population and local politicians protest against further industry, but it is big finance and EU politicians who decide and now the city's industry is to be expanded with petrochemical plants.

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Directed by
Per-Åke Holmquist
Genres
Documentary
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    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • environment
    • politics
    • power
    • corruption
    • survival
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror2
    Humour0
    Realism10
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Per-Åke Holmquist
    Runtime
    20 min
    Country
    Sweden
    Languages
    Swedish

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