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THE WONDROUS WORLD OF LAUNDRY

by Hans-Christian Schmid

synopsis

Hardly any guests of the high-class Berlin hotels have an idea of the journey the fresh sheets and towels in their rooms have completed before being exchanged with the used laundry each and every morning. A dozen trucks travel 140 kilometres back and forth between Berlin and the small Polish town of Gryfino. There, located right beside the power plant that supplies the hot steam, lies the German laundry factory “Fliegel”. Four hundred Polish workers operate day and night for low wages, making sure that the containers from Berlin are filled with clean laundry and delivered back to the German capital city within 24 hours.

international title: The Wondrous World of Laundry
original title: Die wundersame Welt der Waschkraft
country: Germany
sales agent: Global Screen GmbH (a brand of Telepool GmbH)
year: 2009
genre: documentary
directed by: Hans-Christian Schmid
film run: 93'
screenplay: Hans-Christian Schmid
cinematography by: Bogumił Godfrejów
film editing: Stefan Stabenow
producer: Britta Knöller, Hans-Christian Schmid
production: 23/5 Filmproduktion GmbH, ARTE France, RBB

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