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In retrospect

2025 · 14 min

A quiet, sobering essay that links labor and tragedy across decades, leaving a heavy sense of injustice.

Genres
Documentary
Overview
Immigrant workers build a shopping mall for the upcoming 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. In 2016, nine people with migrant backgrounds are killed in a racist attack at the same mall.
How it feels
Bleak, melancholic, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Race, work, violence, grief
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Daniel Asadi Faezi, Mila Zhluktenko
Written by
Daniel Asadi Faezi, Kristina Kilian, Mila Zhluktenko
Runtime
14 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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