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2016-04-212h 44m

Documentary

On a talkshow, actor and German TV ikon Joachim Fuchsberger recalls how the games for his show "Nur nicht nervös werden" (Don't Get Nervous), first broadcast on West German TV in 1960, were developed along the lines of American psychiatry. Asked "So how many crazy people watched you?", he responded: "A whole crazy, psychologically disturbed nation". Why were the Germans or to be more precise, the West Germans, a psychologically disturbed nation at that time? This is a film about cheerful and serious games, therapies for re-education and self-imposed re-education, as well as the history of the idea of permanent revolution. Those appearing include directors and producers of gameshows, psychiatrists, anthropologists, and the diversely paranoid.

Directors
Lutz Dammbeck
Writters
Lutz Dammbeck
Editors
Lutz Dammbeck, Margot Neubert-Maric

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  1. Lutz Dammbeck

    Lutz Dammbeck

    Self

  2. Julischka Eichel

    Julischka Eichel

    Narrator

  3. Sebastian Rudolph

    Sebastian Rudolph

    Narrator (voice)

  4. Rick Prelinger

    Rick Prelinger

    Self

  5. Bob Boden

    Bob Boden

    Self

  6. Philip Zimbardo

    Philip Zimbardo

    Self

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    German
    Budget
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    Revenue
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    Keywords
    psychology