Battlefield Gender
Genres
Overview
Both a visit to a very peculiar exhibition at the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany, as well as an unprejudiced look at the artistic depiction of violence throughout history and the ways in which that depiction has been gendered.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
52 min
Release Date
2019-04-28
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
7
Tom Vogt
Self - Narrator (voice)
Gabriele Werner
Self - Art Historian
Birgit Dieker
Self - Artist
Gorch Pieken
Self - Historian / Museum Curator
Lauren Bastide
Self - Journalist
Niklas Frank
Self - Journalist
Morten Traavik
Self - Artist
Loredana Nemes
Self - Photographer
Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir
Self - Artist
Beate Zschäpe
Self - NSU Member (archive footage)
Hilde Benjamin
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Kim Jong-un
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Günter Kießling
Self - (archive footage)
Manfred Wörner
Self - Politician (archive footage)
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