Redemption Impossible ( Unter Menschen )

Redemption Impossible (DVD) (*)

$29.99

Original Title: Unter Menschen
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
Austria ( Germany, Central Europe )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Hungary ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Christian Rost
Claus Strigel

Written By:
Christian Rost

Actors:
Renate Foidl ..... Herself
Annemari Kuti ..... Herself
Bettina Gaupmann ..... Herself
Bianca Pokorny ..... Herself
Michael Aufhauser ..... Himself
Ulrike Goldschmid ..... Herself
Jane Goodall ..... Herself
Eugen Ruffingshofer ..... Himself
Josef Schmuck ..... Himself
Daniel Slama ..... Himself
Geza Teleki ..... Himself
Robert Gallo ..... Himself (archive footage)
Carsten Bresch ..... Himself (archive footage)
Johann Eibl ..... Himself (archive footage)
Dieter Ehrengruber ..... Himself

Synopsis:

At the far end of Austria one of the most special places on earth can be found. At this focal point the moral challenges of our civilization collide: guilt, responsibility and redemption. In an abandoned safari park, hermetically sealed off from the rest of the world live forty chimpanzees formerly used in pharmaceutical experiments. Infected with HIV and hepatitis viruses. Traumatized, deranged and highly aggressive. They hate humans and have every reason to. They are accompanied by four caretakers, two of which used to be their jailers at the lab. Today they manage the unique rehabilitation project, aiming to get the chimps out of their lifelong isolation into species appropriate groups. 'The chimpanzees show us what it means to be human' Jane Goodall.

In a hermetically sealed-off safari park in Austria our civilization's moral challenges collide under a magnifying glass: guilt, responsibility, redemption. Fourty chimpanzees survived HIV experiments "serving mankind". Traumatized, highly aggressive and mentally isolated. Today four caretakers manage a unique rehabilitation project, where the victims learn how to become monkeys.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 27 January, 2014.