Intimate and rare documentary insight into the world of the traditional student fraternity, „corps Germania“.
GERMANIA explores young men on their search for identity in a time of impermanence and constant change. Amidst current populist upheaval, “traditional values“ resurface while a surge of participation in fraternities becomes fashionable again. Today there are more than 1,600 student associations internationally with over 190,000 members of German-speaking origin. In observing scenes, the film approaches the members of Corps Germania. For the members of the conservative fraternity, it is lived democracy and a school for life. For outsiders, it is a claustrophobic cosmos with strict rules, rigid hierarchy and strange rituals. But what does it mean to be a man, what are they searching for in the digital age, where does a political attitude come from? The filmmakers take a look behind the usual lines of argumentation and find out how the young men find their bearings in the tension between tradition and modernity.
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| Length | 78 Min. |
| Production Year | 2018 |
| Language | German |
| Format | Cinemascope 2.39:1 (2048x858) |
| Audio | DolbyDigital 5.1 |
| Director & Script | Lion Bischof |
| Cinematography | Dino Osmanovic |
| Editing | Martin Herold |
| Music | Matthias Lindermayr |
| Sound | Darius Shahidifar |
| Producers | Lion Bischof, Johannes Schubert |
| Production Company | Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München |
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