• The Eighth Commandment



The Eighth Commandment

by Bertram Verhaag, Claus Strigel

The Eighth Commandment

Germany | 1991

Die DVD stellt schonungslos Worthülsen, Rethorik und PR-Taktiken der Atomlobby bloß und zeigt: Die Geschichte der AKWs ist eine von Lug und Trug. Der Film umfasst die Zeit von Otto Hahn bis zum Super-GAU von Tschernobyl und ist immer noch hochaktuell.
Synopsis
After “Spaltprozesse” (“Nuclear Split”) and “Restrisiko” (“Residual Risk”) comes Bertram Verhaag’s and Claus Strigel’s third documentary film on the topic of nuclear energy: “Das Achte Gebot” (“The Eighth Commandment”).

This film is not an investigation of the scientific arguments for and against nuclear energy. It doesn’t deal with graphite reactors or breeders, or with the effects of radiation. This is a film about one thing: the way we relate to one another. Its focus is on the methods used by the masters of nuclear energy, the language used by the operators, the rhetorical tools of the power station managers, the empty jargon of the spokespeople and the lies of the politicians. It begins with documents showing that, over the course of 5 decades, in every nuclear state, people have had the wool pulled over their eyes. It spans the period from the very first prototype reactor to the aborted attempt to build a reprocessing plant at Wackersdorf; from nuclear tests in Nevada to the devastating events at Chernobyl.
Cast and Crew
  • Director Bertram Verhaag, Claus Strigel
  • Director of Photography Waldemar Hauschild, Claus Strigel
  • Editor Rainer Standke
Original Languages

German

Production Company
DENKmal-Film Verhaag GmbH
Herzogstr. 97, 80796 München

Phone: +49 89 526601

Fax: +49 89 5234742

office@denkmal.film
https://www.denkmal.film
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