GERMANIA

GERMANIA explores young men on their search for identity in a time of impermanence and constant change. Amidst current populist upheaval, “traditional values“ resurface while a surge of participation in fraternities becomes fashionable again. Today there are more than 1,600 student associations internationally with over 190,000 members of German-speaking origin. In observing scenes, the film approaches the members of Corps Germania. For the members of the conservative fraternity, it is lived democracy and a school for life. For outsiders, it is a claustrophobic cosmos with strict rules, rigid hierarchy and strange rituals. But what does it mean to be a man, what are they searching for in the digital age, where does a political attitude come from? The filmmakers take a look behind the usual lines of argumentation and find out how the young men find their bearings in the tension between tradition and modernity.

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LION BISCHOF was born in 1988. After studies in Philosophy, he studied Directing at the University of Television and Film Munich. Active as a cameraman and director, his films include: SUPERVISION (2012), STATION: PATHOLOGIE (2013), HINTERWELTEN (2014), and GERMANIA (2018).

Lion Bischof (© Dino Osmanovic) photos © mindjazz pictures