• Us and the Animal – A Slaughterhouse Melodrama

    Us and the Animal – A Slaughterhouse Melodrama



  • Us and the Animal – A Slaughterhouse Melodrama

    Us and the Animal – A Slaughterhouse Melodrama



  • Us and the Animal – A Slaughterhouse Melodrama

    Us and the Animal – A Slaughterhouse Melodrama



  • Us and the Animal – A Slaughterhouse Melodrama

    Us and the Animal – A Slaughterhouse Melodrama



  • Us and the Animal – A Slaughterhouse Melodrama

    Us and the Animal – A Slaughterhouse Melodrama



Us and the Animal – A Slaughterhouse Melodrama

by David Spaeth

Us and the Animal – A Slaughterhouse Melodrama

Germany | 2023 | 82:00 min

Original Title:
WIR UND DAS TIER – EIN SCHLACHTHAUSMELODRAM

Formal Categories

Current Affairs Human Interest Society Sustainability Nature / Animals Ecology Economy Politics

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
"Imagine you go to heaven and a pig opens the gates." the master butcher demands of his apprentice. At first glance it seems macabre, at a second one profound. Upon longer contemplation it tells the story of an existential drama. Meat-eating humans have managed to suppress the fact that they eat animals. The film follows those who face the facts - those who do the killing. What do they repress, what do they feel, what do they dream about? For the protagonists, these questions mean everything – motivation, bitter truth and at the same time Pandora's box, which one better keeps closed.
Festivals/Awards
2023
38 DOK.fest Munich
2024
UMDENKEN Award – NaturVision
2025
nominated GRIMME PRIZE section Information
Cast and Crew
  • Director David Spaeth
  • Producer Christian Drewing
  • Director of Photography Sebastian Bäumler
  • Score Axel Huber, Philipp Noll, Samuel Late
Original Languages

English

German

Italian

Romanian

Production Company
EIKON MEDIA GmbH
Bergmannstr. 102, 10961 Berlin

Phone: +49 30 6953720

Fax: +49 30 69537299

info@eikon-film.de
http://www.eikon-film.de
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