Losers and Winners
A story of a disappearance: the ultra-modern Kaiserstuhl coal plant
in Dortmund is being dismantled to be rebuilt in China. 400 Chinese workers dismember the pride of the German steel industry,
supervised by a handful of German coal workers from Ruhrpott. Two (working) worlds collide, communication is complicated,
the security regulations lead to constant quarrels, and misunderstandings are the order of the day. Highly motivated workers
from a low-wage country come face to face with the ”standstill administrators“ of a (former) industrial country, who are financially
secure, but have no prospects.
Arbeitswelten | Working Worlds 2007
Ulrike Franke
Germany 2006
color
96
minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Ulrike Franke, Michael Loeken
Cinematography
Michael Loeken, Rüdiger Spott
Editing
Guido Krajewski
Music Maciej
Sledziecki
With Mo Lishi, Liao Lianchun, Wu Guangyou,
Pan Jinhua, Han Yühong, Wang Jianfeng, Rainer Kruska, Werner Vogt, Gerd Seibel, Peter Grimm
Production
filmproduktion loekenfranke Alvenslebenstraße 10 50668 Köln
Deutschland T +49 221 94 33 91 01 F +49 221 94 33 91 06 film@loekenfranke.de www.loekenfranke.de