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Die Welt der Reichsbürger - Träumer, Aussteiger, Extremisten

Dec 13, 2017

0h 45m

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Overview

An increasing number of people in Germany no longer want anything to do with their state. A mixture of idiosyncrats and anti-system activists are turning their backs on the Federal Republic. How did the "Reichsbürger" movement become radical? What are their motives? What emerges is a European community of anarchists, businessmen, esotericists and adventurers - between a self-declared fight for freedom and obstinacy.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

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Cast

Narrator

Heiko Grauel

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Thomas Haldenwang

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Peter Fitzek

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Norbert Schittke

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Rüdiger Hoffmann

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Herbert Eckstein

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Vít Jedlička

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Paul Poet

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Sebastian Bartoschek

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Karl Lauterbach

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Jan Rathje

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Johannes Seiger

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