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Detection

2013 · 92 min

A quiet, archival drift through a village's long entanglement with the army next door, patient and reflective.

Directed by
Marco Kugel, Kathrina Edinger
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Marcus Klotz, Udo Eckbrett, Thomas de Maizière
Overview
DETECTION. Consideration of past, present and future of a small village in Germany. For over a century — wars and states went by — the military is the largest employer. The everyday life of the community is inextricably linked to the events on the nearby military training area. Diaries, daily instructions, petitions, letters and photos tell about daily life at different times.

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Directed by
Marco Kugel, Kathrina Edinger
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Marcus Klotz, Udo Eckbrett, Thomas de Maizière
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • work
  • memory
  • politics
  • family
Places
  • small town
  • military
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Marco Kugel, Kathrina Edinger, Eduard Stürmer
Written by
Kathrina Edinger, Eduard Stürmer
Starring
Marcus Klotz, Udo Eckbrett, Thomas de Maizière, Eduard Stürmer, Klaus Megerle, Isabelle Höpfner, René Albers, Thomas Heise
Runtime
92 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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