The Voice of the People

Trailer

German festival premiere: Dokfest München Wettbewerb

Pre-nominated for the German Film Awards 2023

Credits

Original title: Volksvertreter
Year of Release: 2022
Duration: 94 min
Director / Camera / Production: Andreas Wilcke
Editor: Chris Wright
Sound editing: Frederik Thompson
Post production: Ulf Wrede

Synopsis

Over the course of three years, the film follows four members of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the German Bundestag and their respective constituencies. These politicians allow the filmmaker an unusually close look at their work processes. We see them crafting strategies, writing texts, engaging with citizens at local pubs or through social media for which they are constantly creating content.

TV

"Wilcke gains unfiltered insights into the work of the protagonists and their way of thinking."

"Wilcke provides (offers / gives) unique insight"

"A documentary worth seeing that observes without judging and yet takes a stand."

Press

The four gentlemen from the AfD

The protagonists of Andreas Wilcke's long-term observation of the AfD, titled "Volksvertreter," constantly see themselves as victims. However, the film does not do them the favor of exposing them; they do it themselves. Wilcke's camera patiently records everything - proving once again that the best documentaries are the ones that trust a mature audience."

Set out to torment

"Emptying one's senses is a wonderful thing": In the documentary "Volksvertreter" four AfD politicians discredit themselves. ..."

AfD documentary "The Voice of The People"

"The documentary filmmaker Andreas Wilcke accompanied four members of the German Bundestag from the AfD in their everyday lives. The result is a subtle film that exposes the insular and traditionalist worldview of the right-wing populists."

Of course we are Nazis

"The Voice of The People" is a documentary work about exactly that - about the rhetoric of a party that is constantly busy denying itself and its right-wing goals in its communication.
Through its focus on linguistic action, "The Voice of the People" repeatedly shows the AfD's distance from reality.

The Voice of The People: A film the AfD wouldn't allow to happen again

"And Wilcke's camera runs and runs and runs."

The Theater of the AfD

"An important political study of the ideas, methods, and definitions of the far right."

Torpediern - emptying of meaning

"In "The Voice of the People" Andreas Wilcke succeeds excellently in in entangling his protagonists in contradictions."

How do you think one comes across?

"And if, on top of that, this director is there with his camera and records it all and brings it to the cinema: How great is that!"

Behind the truth

"... enigmatic film that works entirely without judgmental commentary, ..."

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