The VW Complex
8.3
It takes a day and a half to assemble a VW Golf 2. Hartmut Bitmosky traces a car’s journey through the fully automated production lines in Wolfsburg and explores the development of the VW Group using archival footage. Moving almost in time with the machines, the director constructs a documentary collage—a visual exploration of the corporate giant, which appears as dehumanized and automated as its production process.
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Hartmut Bitomsky Director · Axel Block Cinematographer
First release November 15, 1989 · Produced in Germany, France · Production WDR, Fas-Film
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Big Sky Film
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WDR
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Fas-Film
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La Sept
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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Germany · France
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Original title
Der VW Komplex
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 15, 1989
Theatrical · Duisburger Filmwoche
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Germany
February 14, 1990 · Limited theatrical · Berlin International Film Festival
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