SummaryThe documentary, Under Control, unfolds a panorama of atomic energy in Germany. Its broad perspective reveals the real challenges and enormous efforts that nuclear power demands from humankind. The control over the nuclear fission process is not depicted chronologically but rather as a prism of places and sites that not only refracts the station... Read More
Directed By:Volker Sattel
Written By:Volker Sattel, Stefan Stefanescu
Under Control
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Nov 29, 2011
80
The unveiling is unnerving, and suggests that some dangers are now permanently beyond our control.
Nov 29, 2011
75
Volker Sattel takes us on a blank-eyed tour of the country's biggest plants (plus a few from Austria), exposing both the tenuous balance of precision and innovation that has provided 20th-century Western society with its most controversial power source.
Dec 1, 2011
60
Somehow the happy screams of children whirling above a neutered reactor sound a lot less comforting than they should.
Nov 29, 2011
60
Once that point is made, this push-pull settles into a certain lulling monotony, wandering a wilderness of wires, cooling towers, and a thousand other inscrutable devices, but it is a monotony with an undertone of menace.
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Production Company:
- Credofilm
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
- ARTE
Release Date:Dec 2, 2011
Duration:1 h 38 m
Awards
German Film Critics Association Awards
• 2 Nominations
Film+
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
