THE WONDROUS WORLD OF LAUNDRY
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 |