{"id":35671,"date":"2020-03-10T16:35:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T15:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/looks.film\/colonia-dignidad\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T11:28:53","slug":"colonia-dignidad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/looks.film\/en\/colonia-dignidad\/","title":{"rendered":"Colonia Dignidad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving-fade&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;35064&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591968067900{background-position: center;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;37183&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592212805981{padding-top: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592212859512{padding-left: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #00263e;\"><span class=\"label-inline dtable--label\">2020 | Docuseries |<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #00263e;\"> 4 x 52&#8242;, 4 x 45&#8242;, 2 x 90&#8242;<span class=\"dtable--txt\"><span class=\"sep-item\"><span class=\"label-inline dtable--label\"> |<\/span> <span class=\"imdbRatingPlugin\" data-user=\"ur1705756\" data-title=\"tt11854670\" data-style=\"p4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt11854670\/?ref_=plg_rt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/G\/01\/imdb\/plugins\/rating\/images\/imdb_31x14.png\" alt=\" Colonia Dignidad - Aus dem Innern einer deutschen Sekte (2020) on IMDb\" \/> \u00a0<\/a><\/span><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,stags=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id)){return;}js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/G\/01\/imdb\/plugins\/rating\/js\/rating.js\";stags.parentNode.insertBefore(js,stags);})(document,\"script\",\"imdb-rating-api\");<\/script> |<a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Colonia_Dignidad_%E2%80%93_Aus_dem_Innern_einer_deutschen_Sekte\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-33019\" src=\"https:\/\/looks.film\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/WIKIPEDIA-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"22\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>Colonia Dignidad<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592212580648{padding-right: 50px !important;padding-left: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]This documentary series plunges into the abyss of German sect, Colonia Dignidad. It shows the way of life of an isolated community that, far from the world, even influenced international politics.<\/p>\n<p>Colonia Dignidad was a German settlement in Chile, where humanity was promised, and inhuman things happened. At the centre of it all was its leader, self-proclaimed preacher, Paul Sch\u00e4fer.<\/p>\n<p>Conversations with former cult members and previously unseen archive material reveal a world that has remained hidden until now. The footage is from Colonia Dignidad itself. It documents the shining facade of the model German settlement but also the brutal rituals behind the scenes. This archive footage was hidden underground for decades. The pictures show the beginnings of the community in Heide and Gronau, the emigration to Chile in 1961 and life in Colonia Dignidad.<\/p>\n<p>Based on these hitherto unknown testimonies, the documentary series traces the complex, 50-year history of perpetrators, victims, supporters and opponents of this place, which became the epitome of evil.<\/p>\n<p>Former cult members, many of them on camera for the first time, have their say and give an insight into colony history. Victims of torture, detectives and neighbours are interviewed. One of the organizers of the coup against President Salvador Allende talks about his experiences.<\/p>\n<p>This results in a complex web of relationships and dependencies. Assigning good and evil, victim and perpetrator, is called into question again and again.<br \/>\nWho are victims and who are perpetrators? What is justice in the face of horror and ruined lives? Where does guilt begin and where does it end? What does the future hold for the colony now called Villa Baviera? Considering the decades of political and moral failure, these are questions to which there are still no clear answers.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592212589219{padding-right: 70px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Press<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>&#8220;<u>The almost four-hour long documentary is a unique visual presentation of everyday life in a sect.<\/u>&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Focus Online[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592482585413{margin-top: -20px !important;margin-left: -10px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"spoiler-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spoiler-head folded\">mehr<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spoiler-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/63HIY4lk5Rd2EcKbVXZsbd?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u>&#8220;A fantastic documentary!&#8221;<\/u> \u00a0 Fest &amp; Flauschig \/ Spotify <\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medienkorrespondenz.de\/leitartikel\/artikel\/herausragendes-dokumentarfernsehen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>&#8220;<u>An outstanding TV documentary <\/u>&#8221;\u00a0<\/em> Medienkorrespondenz<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Distribution<br \/>\n<\/strong>Bettina Offermann<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:distribution@looks.film\"><u>distribution@looks.film<\/u><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p><strong>Executive Producers<\/strong><br \/>\nGunnar Dedio | LOOKSfilm<br \/>\nDaniela Bunster | Surreal Films<\/p>\n<p><strong>A co-production by<\/strong><br \/>\nLOOKSfilm, Canal13, WDR, SWR<\/p>\n<p><strong>In cooperation with<\/strong><br \/>\nSurreal Films, Arte<\/p>\n<p><strong>Authors &amp; Directors<\/strong><br \/>\nAnnette Baumeister, Wilfried Huismann,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Co-Director<\/strong><br \/>\nKai Christiansen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Idea<\/strong><br \/>\nCristi\u00e1n Leighton<\/p>\n<p><strong>Creative<\/strong> <strong>Producer<\/strong><br \/>\nBirgit Rasch<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funding<\/strong><br \/>\nMedienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Ministerio de las Culturas \u2013 las Artes y el Patrimonio de Chile<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;37298&#8243; img_size=&#8221;medium&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,164,179,203,202,196,256],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Colonia Dignidad | LOOKSfilm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This documentary series plunges into the abyss of German sect, Colonia Dignidad. 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