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Film
Songs of Repression
Estephan Wagner, Marianne Hougen-Moraga, Denmark, 2020
88 min.DK/Documentary
In 1961, the German preacher Paul Schäfer and his congregation moved to Chile with the stated aim of helping the poor. They established Colonia Dignidad which transformed into a closed sect. This film explores how the remaining residents of the colony deal with 45 years of child abuse, collective beatings and slave-like living conditions. It also reveals how people in the colony assisted Pinochet’s dictatorship in torturing and killing political prisoners and burying them in mass graves on their own 16,000-hectare land. We meet those who completely deny the horrors and wish to only remember the bright moments, those who still today go through severe emotional struggles – and those caught in between.
| Original title | Undertrykkelsens sang |
|---|---|
| Danish title | Undertrykkelsens sang |
| Keywords | Chile, Religious sects, Immigrants, Violence, Sexual assaults, Child abuse, Political prisoners, Torture, Tourism, Germany, 2010-2019 |
| Director | Estephan Wagner, Marianne Hougen-Moraga |
| Producer | Signe Byrge Sørensen, Heidi Elise Christensen |
| Director of Photography | Estephan Wagner, Marianne Hougen-Moraga |
| Editor | Niels Pagh Andersen, Estephan Wagner |
| Sound | Jan Schermer, Jan Schermer, Paul Bijpost |
| Appearance | Horst Schaffrik, Jürgen Sczurgeliez, Helga Bohnau, Dora Barr |
| Production country | Denmark |
| International sales | Autlook Filmsales |
| Online release | 02.10.2020, Filmcentralen |
| Comment | Winner of the main competition at CPH:DOX. Estephan Wagner co-directed the acclaimed ’Les sauteurs’ which premiered at the Berlinale 2016. |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Not recommended for children under 7 |
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