Documentary
- Die Hölle von Ückermünde. Psychiatrie im Osten. ("The Hell of Ückermünde. Psychiatry in the East") Report, 43 min., Book and direction: Ernst Klee, Production: ARD, First broadcast: 1993
This report was broadcast by ARD in 1993. The development of psychiatry in "the third year after the German reunification", shown in the examples of two institutions in the former East Germany. The film shows shocking treatment of disabled people. The commentary uses the view of those affected. Fifty years after the "euthanasia" in Germany, this documentation reminds the viewer of it again. Within the setting of criticism of psychiatry, Klee's documentation occupies equal importance with the feature films, "Freaks", "Shock Corridor" and "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest".
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