Marc Bauder

Master of the universe

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Master of the universe

Marc Bauder

2013

88 min.

Germany

English and German

Subtitles: Catalan and Spanish

The masters of the universe are not politicians or armies or governments. The true masters of the universe are investment banks.

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Direction

Marc Bauder

Sound

B. Fleischmann

Distribution

Docs Barcelona Distribution

Production

Gunter Hanfgarn

Cinematography

Boerres Weiffenbach

Film editing

Hansjoerg Weissbrich, Rune Schweitzer

Producers

Bauderfilm, Co-Production Company: NGF Geyrhalterfilm

Screenplay

Marc Bauder

Datasheet

Direction

Marc Bauder

Sound

B. Fleischmann

Distribution

Docs Barcelona Distribution

Production

Gunter Hanfgarn

Cinematography

Boerres Weiffenbach

Film editing

Hansjoerg Weissbrich, Rune Schweitzer

Producers

Bauderfilm, Co-Production Company: NGF Geyrhalterfilm

Screenplay

Marc Bauder

Synopsis

The masters of the universe are not politicians or armies or governments. The true masters of the universe are investment banks.

A powerful German banker gives us a disturbing vision of their emotions, motivations and predictions, while revealing a parallel universe of exorbitant incomes and ruthless pressure.

We discover a system that isolates bankers from the rest of the world and makes them incapable of reflecting on their own jobs.

About the direction

Marc Bauder

Director

Marc Bauder was born in 1974 in Stuttgart (Germany). He studied Business Administration and then he...

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Awards and festivals

Locarno FF, Prix Semaine de la Critique

Switzerland, 2013

Fact Award. CPH:DOX

Denmark, 2013

DOK Leipzig

Germany, 2013

IDFA

Netherlands, 2013

The European Film Academy

Europe, 2014

DocsBarcelona

Catalonia, 2014

Marc Bauder

Master of the universe

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Reviews

“

The film is a vertiginous look inside the bubble behind the financial bubble, with no end in sight.
— The New York Times, Nicolas Rapold

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Former investment banker Rainer Voss gets his closeup in Marc Bauder's riveting documentary.
— Variety, Jay Weissberg

“

Bauder's film is a diagnosis of a system that is hopelessly sick and not being treated.
— Village Voice, Alan Scherstuhl

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