Interdisciplinary studies put into practice is a plane on which HaF's interests and mine coincide. Ideas of fictional research projects in films emerge very early on, or of film as research device, allowing people from different disciplines to come together and discover something, to pursue a line of thought, or just be adventurous. These ideas correspond to a tendency we both have of accumulating knowledge from different sciences, for example so as to bring exact sciences like medicine together with subjects which aren't directly aimed at application, such as religious studies or anthropology.
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16 people
Avinho Barbeitov
Ingemo Engström
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Christhart Burgmann
Harun Farocki
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Workers Leaving the Factory
Chris Strewe
Hans-Peter Krüger
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The Inextinguishable Fire
Radio Home
Annelen Kranefuss
Erika Kisters
Willem Menne
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A Proletarian Winter's Tale
Birgit Schuldt
Karl Retzlaw
Harun Farocki Director · Ingemo Engström Director Axel Block Cinematographer
First release December 16, 1975 · Produced in Germany · Production Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Harun Farocki Filmproduktion
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WDR
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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Harun Farocki Filmproduktion
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Germany
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Original title
Erzählen
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German
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German
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Germany · December 16, 1975
TV · Broadcast on West 3
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Thailand
September 28, 2025 · Premiere · Bangkok International Film Festival
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