Ungleichland
UNGLEICHLAND: Staffel 1
TV-PG
In one of the richest countries in the world is the distribution of assets and power unfair. The rich settle down, the poor are suspended. The middle class struggles to maintain status quo. Young people today have less disposable income than the generations before. And power?
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3 Episodes
- WealthE1
WealthDüsseldorf, private flight terminal. The pilot is already waiting in uniform at the gate when Christoph Gröner's car pulls up. Open the door, take a quick step through the terminal, put your bag in the jet and off you go. Above the clouds, Christoph Gröner reveals: Today his auditors have reported in. His company is now worth one billion euros. He is one of the richest people in the country. To those who have a lot to say in this country, but are usually silent. Christoph Gröner struggled with himself for a long time, then he agreed to be accompanied by his camera for seven months - in board meetings, on construction sites, privately. Germany is a rich and powerful country. But also a divided one. The assets here are distributed more unequally than in a few industrialized countries. The economy is doing well. But still the lower middle class has not succeeded in building up wealth in recent years. - OpportunitiesE2
OpportunitiesA fund-raising party in Berlin: red carpet, glittering evening gowns, thunderstorms of flashes. Right in the middle of it all is millionaire contractor Christoph Gröner, tight-fitting suit, winning smile. As co-organizer of the gala, he goes from table to table to convince the guests to be generous at the auction. After all, the more the luxury watch brings to the auction, the more money there is to pay a children's home for a new football pitch or a few extra lessons. Gröner is one of the richest people in the country - his company is now worth a billion euros, he tells in "UNGLEICHLAND - Reichtum", the first part of the three-part series on inequality in Germany. For seven months Christoph Gröner had himself accompanied with his camera - in board meetings, on construction sites, privately - and while working for a good cause. Gröner knows that someone like him is the absolute exception in Germany. - PowerE3
PowerThousands of apartments are missing in Cologne, rents are rising, and poorer people in particular feel left alone. One person who would like to build on a lot of land immediately is Christoph Gröner. The building contractor wants to build a new city district in Cologne. But the building permit is still missing, he is far too slow. Cologne's mayor, Henriette Reker, says: "A city is called upon to make land available, to issue building permits. But can't this go any faster? Building contractor Gröner demands that politics stop putting the brakes on him. Already the first two parts of "UNGLEICHLAND" accompanied the millionaire. How much power do people with lots of money have? Who decides what Germany should look like? The film "UNGLEICHLAND - Power" explores these questions. A recent study by the University of Princeton in the USA shows that a small, wealthy section of society sets the direction in politics.