There is Franz, suing the company that has made him redundant after 40 years. Then, for nine months, he holds out in an empty office with nothing to do. There is Stephan who, for eight days and nights, sits on a chair that is part of a giant billboard. Selling yourself is sometimes the quickest way to pay your debts. There is Saskia, the high school graduate, learning how to create the perfect job application. There is Gunnar who is being taught that perceiving your own body, as a trademark is the key to success. Franz finally wins his lawsuit only to realise he has lost all the same. DEVIL HIDES IN DOUBT is a film about the emotional push and pull of work, its demands and absurdities, and the struggle for fulfilment.
For this documentary I worked with the Hungarian fiction and documentary DOP (Abhaun!, Balkan Champion). We shot the film mainly on 16mm. Editor Claudia Gleisner (Träume der Lausitz, Wenn du Tod bist) brought in the editing room the complex essayistic structure together.
Eva Stotz
Patricia Fürst
András Petrik
Armin Dierolf, Kolja Raschke, Eric Ferranti
Claudia Gleisner
Stephan Schönholz, Garip Özdem
Jürgen Grözinger
Malte Bieler, Niklas Kammertöns
Alexandre Leser
Christoph Heller
German Film- and Television Academy Berlin and Eva Stotz
» A film poem about the sadness of modern men. Witty, caring, wonderful. «
(Falter, Maya McKechneay)
» A self-willed, powerful essay on the abysses of the working society. «
(Taz, Stefan Reinecke)
» An accurate snapshot of the current working world. «
(Freitag, Matthias Dell)