Workingman's Death
2005 documentary by Michael Glawogger / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Workingman's Death is a 2005 Austrian-German documentary film written and directed by Michael Glawogger. It premiered at the 2005 Venice Film Festival. The film deals with the extremes to which workers go to earn a living in several countries around the world.
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Directed by | Michael Glawogger |
Written by | Michael Glawogger |
Produced by | Pepe Danquart Erich Lackner Mirjam Quinte |
Cinematography | Wolfgang Thaler |
Edited by | Ilse Buchelt Monika Willi |
Music by | John Zorn |
Distributed by | Paul Thiltges Distributions |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
Country | Austria |
Languages | Pashto, Yoruba, German, English, Igbo, Indonesian, Mandarin, Russian |
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The film is composed of six chapters. The first five depict hazardous conditions of hard laborers around the world and the sixth shows contrasting scenes of youths in a former German industrial complex which had been converted into a leisure park:
- "Heroes" – Miners of Donets Basin, Ukraine
- "Ghosts" – Sulfur carriers in Ijen, Indonesia
- "Lions" – Butchers in an open-air market in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
- "Brothers" – Welders in the Gadani ship-breaking yard in Pakistan
- "The Future" – Steel workers in Liaoning, China
- "Epilogue" – Youths in Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord in Germany