Film · Tarih yok

Geist, Geschäft und Party - 75 Jahre Frankfurter Buchmesse

Yönetmen

Jobst Knigge

Süre

52 dk

Oyuncular

Juergen Boos, Michael Krüger, Antoine Gallimard, Felicitas von Lovenberg, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Salman Rushdie, Siegfried Taubert, Annemarie Schimmel

It’s a tradition. On the last day of the Frankfurt Book Fair—the world’s largest book fair—the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade is awarded. This anniversary year’s Peace Prize laureate is Salman Rushdie, an author who, like few others, embodies both the power of literature and the fury of its critics. Books stand for freedom of speech—a freedom that is repeatedly threatened around the world. This documentary embarks on a wild journey through time. It explores the new beginning after World War II, literature as a catalyst for democracy, and the interplay of intellect and commerce, as well as successes and scandals. It explores the remarkable role of émigrés after 1945, the protests of the 1960s, bestseller marketing and colonial misdeeds, calls for murder and boycotts, East and West, host countries that inspire and others that terrify.