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The self-proclaimed preacher Paul Schäfer gathered people around him in post-war Germany. The sect founded a youth home near Cologne. But in 1961 Schäfer had to flee. Many followers followed him to Chile. 350 kilometers south of Santiago, far away from civilization, they begin building the Colonia Dignidad. A supposed model village with workshops, agriculture, livestock breeding was being created. But paradise became hell because slave labor, violence and sexual abuse soon became a part of everyday life. After the military coup in 1973, Schäfer served the new rulers: secret police chief Manuel Contreras and dictator Augusto Pinochet now came and went in the colony, while the opponents of the terrorist regime are tortured and killed in the cellars. Using unpublished archive material and contemporary witness statements, this 4-part documentary miniseries traces the complex, 50-year history of perpetrators, victims, supporters and opponents of this place that became the epitome of evil.
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- verified Status: Ended
- person By: Unknown
- calendar_month Release Date: 2020-03-10
- update Lastly Aired: 2020-03-10
- video_camera_front Companies LOOKS, Canal 13, WDR, SWR, ARTE, Surreal Films, Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio de Chile
- list_alt Seasons & Episodes: 1 Seasons, 4 Episodes
- timer Episode Runtime: 52 Mins/Episode
- star Rating: 6 / 10
- favorite Likes: 1 Likes
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Jonas Baeck
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Edeltraud Bohnau
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Willi Malessa
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Wolfgang Kneese
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Erika Tymm
Herself - Interviewee
Günter Schaffrik
Himself - Interviewee
Karl Van Den Berg
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Robert Matthusen
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Esther Müller
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Martin Matthusen
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Anne Schnellenkamp
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Brigitte Baak
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Kurt Schnellenkamp
Himself - Interviewee
Jürgen Szurgelies
Himself - Interviewee
Georg Laube
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Luis Peebles
Himself - Interviewee
Salo Luna
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Roberto Thieme
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Alfred Gerlach
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Luis Henríquez
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Adriana Bórquez
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Jaime Parra
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Samuel Fuenzalida
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Ida Gatz
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Adrian Bravo
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groups Crew
Melanie Braun
Production Manager
Barbara Schmitz
Commissioning Editor
Richard Krause
Editor
Danjela Brückner
Archival Footage Research
Daniela Bunster
Associate Producer
Marion Pohlschmidt
Editor
Rainer Hirsch
Sound
Gunnar Dedio
Executive Producer
Ulrich Stein
Editor
Ulrike Becker
Commissioning Editor
Hans Bauer
Sound
Zora Butzke
Sound
Christiane Hinz
Commissioning Editor
Manuela Piña Lawner
Archival Footage Research
Holger Koop
Production Manager
Jorge Bogalho
Production Manager
Céline Zimmerer
Archival Footage Research
Claudia Hentze
Archival Footage Research
Kai Christiansen
Director
Annette Baumeister
Writer
Tobias Fritzsch
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Wilfried Huismann
Writer
Hans-Peter Ströer
Original Music Composer
Michael Dreyer
Director of Photography
Erik Schimschar
Director of Photography
Heike Bittner
Director
Birgit Rasch
Supervising Producer
Wilfried Huismann
Director
Annette Baumeister
Director
Cristian Leighton
Idea
Johannes Straub
Director of Photography
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