
A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene
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- Runtime
- 52 mins
Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.
Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.
Cast
- Tobias Meister
- Karl-Heinz Leven
- Klaus Bergdolt
- Mathieu Da Vinha
- Harald Seifert
- Klaus Vogel
Director
- Christian Feyerabend
- Claudia Spoden
Producers
- Stefan Schneider
- María Villares Zabalza
- Meike Savarin
- Jana Asmuth
- Katharina Krohmann