SPIELEREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – 90 min (ARD)
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OFFICIAL SELECTION KASSELER DOKUMENTARFILMFEST 2023
KLAUS TEUBER ⋆ INKA & MARKUS BRAND ⋆ RITA MODEL ⋆ THE LOTH’S ⋆ UWE ROSENBERG
DIRECTOR HENDRIK MAXIMILIAN SCHMITT CINEMATOGRAPHY THOMAS FÖRSTER AND HENDRIK M. SCHMITT
EDITOR DIRK FARIN MusiC Damian Scholl PRODUCER OLIVER ARNOLD AND KATRIN HAASE
PRODUCTION U5 FILMPRODUKTION BR Claudia Gladziewsky WDR Jutta Krug
Since the mid-90s, export hits such as CATAN, AGRICOLA and EXIT have been shaping board game design and have become a cultural phenomenon in the USA. How did this success come about in Germany of all places? Who are these people who dedicate their lives to the game? Over the last 4 years, I have accompanied various game designers (Inka & Markus Brand, Klaus Teuber, Uwe Rosenberg, Michael Loth, Rita Modl) and the „Game of the Year“ association and take a look back at the beginnings of board games in Germany in the 60s and 70s. We also paid a visit to the USA to capture an outsider’s view of this unknown German success story.