The False Promise of Advancement

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The False Promise of Advancement

7.2 | 1h30m | en | Documentary

Origin sticks like shit to your shoe! That's what Marlen Hobrack says, who grew up as a working-class child in Bautzen. But the promise of the old Federal Republic was that you can become anything if you just try hard enough. But that no longer applies. So is class in Germany fixed from birth? Have we long been living in a country in which origin and family background are more important for future prospects than individual performance and commitment? In Germany, it takes six generations to rise from poverty to the middle class, in Denmark only two generations. Those affected reflect on their life stories, the burden of their social origins, the wrong and right turning points for social advancement, as classified by social researchers. They talk of pride and shame, of financial hardship and wealth, of origin and future, of growing up and moving up in this Germany with its entrenched selection mechanisms for social advancement.

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Released: January. 22,2025 | Released Producted By: MDR , Hoferichter & Jacobs Country: Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Documentary , TV Movie

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Cast

Frank-Walter Steinmeier , Sky du Mont , Harry S. Truman , Winston Churchill

Director

Ekin Akalin

Producted By

MDR

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Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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Ekin Akalin

Graphic Designer

Sebastian Peuker

Graphic Designer

Dirk Schneider

Graphic Designer

Thomas Keffel

Director of Photography

Lars Langer

Director of Photography

Daniel Liepke

Director of Photography

Ina-Katrin Hüttig

Commissioning Editor

Anaïs Roth

Commissioning Editor

Dirk Schneider

Director

Ariane Riecker

Director

Simon Rüger-Fader

Assistant Editor

Ferenc Stobäus

Editor

Anika Wiegert

Editor

Michael Schönherr

Producer

Anna Ivannikova

Production Manager

Evelyn Wenzel

Production Manager

Caspar Leder

Researcher

Tino Häusler

Sound

Ullrich Menges

Sound

Marcus Wilhelm

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

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