Plötzlich ist das Kind tot - Wenn Jugendämter versagen
Their names are Chantal or Zoe, Bastien or Marina. Time and again, children die in Germany and France as a result of abuse. Often, the families in which such tragedies occur are known to the youth welfare offices. But the social workers, who have a state mandate to protect the children entrusted to them and offer them prospects for the future, seem to be failing. What mistakes are the youth welfare offices in Germany and France making—are they even capable of fulfilling their duties?
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WoyzeckFilm, 1979Rated 6.6 on TMDB
Having fathered an illegitimate child with his lover, Marie, feckless soldier Franz Woyzeck takes odd jobs around his small town to provide some extra money for them. One job is volunteering for experiments conducted by a local doctor, who puts Woyzeck on a diet of peas. This serves to drive him close to madness, and the discovery that Marie is involved in an affair with the local drum major exacerbates the situation. Pushed too far, Woyzeck resorts to violence.
