THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DESTRUCTION / 2022
SYNOPSIS
Inspired by W.G. Sebald’s book and based on WWII archive footage, the film puts forward the question: Is it morally acceptable to use civilian population as a means of war? Is it possible to justify mass destruction for the sake of higher “moral” ideals? The question remains as relevant today, as it was 80 years ago, and its urgency is tragically manifested in current political events.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
english title
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DESTRUCTION
genre
documentary
country
Germany
year
2022
color
b&w, color
runtime
109 min
sound
5.1
film format
DCP-2K
CREW
written & directed
Sergei Loznitsa
sound
Vladimir Golovnitski
composer
Christiaan Verbeek
editing
Sergei Loznitsa, Tomasz Wolski, Danielius Kokanauskis
archive research
Katarina Rakic, Max Wiesner
co-producer(s)
Uljana Kim, Sergei Loznitsa, Maria Choustova
producer(s)
Regina Bouchehri, Gunnar Dedio
co-production
Looksfilm, Studio Uljana Kim, Atoms & Void, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk
production
Progress Film
with the support of
Eurimages, Mitteldeutscher Medienförderung, Die Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Lithuanian Film Centre, The Netherlands Film Fund, Creative Europe Media