DE

2006

96 min

Finished

Losers and Winners

Directing: Michael Loeken,  Ulrike Franke

Synopsis

A story of a disappearance: the ultra-modern Kaiserstuhl coal plant in Dortmund is being dismantled to be rebuilt in China. 400 Chinese workers dismember the pride of the German steel industry, supervised by a handful of German coal workers from Ruhrpott. Two (working) worlds collide, communication is complicated, and the security regulations lead to constant quarrels and misunderstandings are the order of the day. Highly motivated workers from a low-wage country come face to face with the"standstill administrators" of a (former) industrial country, who are financially secure, but have no prospects.