A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene (2021)

A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene

2021

Documentary History TV Movie

Synopsis

Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.

Credits

Director

Christian Feyerabend

Claudia Spoden

Cast

Harald Seifert as Self - Microbiologist

Karl-Heinz Leven as Self - Medicine Historian

Klaus Bergdolt as Self - Medicine Historian

Klaus Vogel as Self - Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Director

Mathieu Da Vinha as Self - Historian

Tobias Meister as Self - Narrator (voice)

Crew