Official Competition - Visions

Das Deutsche Volk

2025 /
132 min /
Germany
Spanish premiere

The film recounts the racist attack in Hanau (Germany) on February 19, 2020, from the perspective of survivors and families. Nine young people were murdered for not appearing “German.” Over nearly five years, the director follows the grief, the fight for recognition, and the search for belonging among the victims’ families and friends in their own country.

Marcin builds an extraordinary work that, based on a specific event, exposes systemic racism and follows the families through their grief and memories, as they struggle for answers and are forced to become activists to demand justice. An essential piece for understanding contemporary Europe, which premiered at the Berlinale 2025.

Theme:

CityCrimeEthnic minoritiesHuman rightsRacial diversity

Marcin Wierzchowski

Marcin Wierzchowski lives and works between Frankfurt am Main and Warsaw. He studied Philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in 2011-2012, before transferring to the Mainz University of Fine Arts in 2013 to study Fine Art. He was awarded the Lions Club Scholarship for his final thesis. In 2019, he founded the production company MILK&WATER. His film Hanau – Eine Nacht und ihre Folgen was awarded the Grimme Prize in 2022. He has also worked on various theatre projects as a video artist, and most recently, as a set designer.

Schedules

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Monday

11/05

18:45 h

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Friday

15/05

19:00 h

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Casa Montjuïc

Credits

Director
Marcin Wierzchowski
Producer
Marcin Wierzchowski / Milk & Water
Scriptwriter
Marcin Wierzchowski
Editor
Stefan Oliveira-Pita
Sales agent
Anja Dziersk / Rise And Shine World Sales

Technical sheet

Year:

2025

Duration:

132 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German
English
Romanian
Turkish

Subtitles:

Catalan
English

Awards and festivals

Berlinale 2025

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 2025

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