Geschlossene Gesellschaft (2005)

Directed by

Andrei Schwartz

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows inmates in a severely overcrowded Romanian high-security prison. The filmmaker spent over half a year filming prisoners as they struggle to survive each day with humor and creativity in a dehumanizing environment.

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