A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene
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2021 · Movie · 52m
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It runs a compact 52m.
Synopsis
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.
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IMDb7.5/10
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Key crew
- Christian FeyerabendDirector
- Claudia SpodenDirector
- Christian FeyerabendWriter
- Claudia SpodenWriter
Cast
- Tobias MeisterSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Karl-Heinz LevenSelf - Medicine Historian
- Klaus BergdoltSelf - Medicine Historian
- Mathieu Da VinhaSelf - Historian
- Harald SeifertSelf - Microbiologist
- Klaus VogelSelf - Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Director