Handicapped Future (TV 1971)
"Behinderte Zukunft?" (original title)

Director:

Werner Herzog

Writers:

Werner Herzog, Hans-Peter Meier (idea)

Stars:

Rolf Illig, Adolf Ratzka, Werner Herzog

Cast

Credited cast:
Rolf Illig	...	Narrator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adolf Ratzka	...	Himself

Storyline

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

West Germany

Language:

German English

Release Date:

14 November 2009 (Greece)

Also Known As:

Handicapped Future

Filming Locations:

Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

DEM 81,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

62 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

"Obstructed Future"

Worthwhile early documentary from Herzog exploring the different treatment accorded to the disabled in Germany and the USA. Given the then fairly recent history of Germany there are resonances in this film that will not have been lost on its original audience.

Certainly at the time the film was made disabled rights were decades ahead in the US; among other things this is a powerful and compassionate campaigning documentary.

See it with "Land of Silence and Darkness" if you can. The two films, made in the same year, share a lot and in fact I believe the making of the second flowed directly from the first.