The Billions of Others (2024)

Plot Summary

The market regulates everything! Diligence and work create prosperity! Capitalism needs growth! What is the truth behind the great principles of capitalism? And how do they work in Eastern Germany - a region that has been a capitalist test laboratory for around 30 years? It is symbolic of various places in the world that are going through similar processes. Renowned economic experts answer questions. How does a large-scale settlement of a global corporation like DHL take place and what must politics make possible for this? What happens when investors pour around a billion euros into one of the largest real estate projects in Europe in the Baltic Sea resort of Binz (Prora) on the Island of Rügen and no place is created that is worth living in? And how are the people in places like Zeitz, which capitalism has obviously forgotten? The film takes you through various stations, through the strongholds of Eastern German capitalism and the places where capitalism has not yet arrived.

Full Cast & Characters

Anne Ratte-Polle

Capitalism Goddess

Harald Günther

Bank Angel

Ulrike Malmendier

Self - Interviewee

Cornelius Pollmer

Self - Interviewee

Ulrike Herrmann

Self - Interviewee

Peter Jungen

Self - Interviewee

Daniel Hannemann

Self - Interviewee

Simon Schandert

Self - Interviewee

Kai Gardeja

Self - Interviewee

Rolf Hoffmeister

Self - Interviewee

Dörte Sasse

Self - Interviewee

Andreas Horn

Self - Interviewee

Director & Crew

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