Staatsschutz

A film by Faraz Shariat. Starts August 27th at the fsk. In German & Korean with German subtitles,

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With all the resour­ces and aut­ho­ri­ty of the sta­te behind her, young pro­se­cu­tor Seyo Kim is deter­mi­ned to con­front far-right vio­lence in eas­tern Germany. But when she, hers­elf, beco­mes a tar­get – sur­vi­ving a racist attack on her life – Seyo deci­des to inves­ti­ga­te on her own, defy­ing expli­cit orders from her supe­ri­ors and put­ting her life fur­ther at risk. Seyo final­ly suc­ceeds in brin­ging one of the atta­ckers to tri­al and fights to expo­se him as part of a wider right-wing net­work. She digs deep into her office’s archi­ves, reopens long-clo­sed “iso­la­ted cases” and mano­eu­vres see­mingly harm­less wit­nesses into reve­al­ing their ties – not only to the net­work but also to the attack on her own life. Germany’s public pro­se­cu­ti­on ser­vice is the most objec­ti­ve insti­tu­ti­on in the world – or so the myth goes. But throug­hout the tri­al, Seyo lear­ns first­hand what it means to ent­rust the pur­su­it of jus­ti­ce to a sta­te that appli­es dou­ble stan­dards and not only down­plays far-right vio­lence, but at times even pro­tects it.

Credits:

DE 2026 113 mins, German, Korean with German sub­tit­les,
Director: Faraz Shariat
Cinematography: Lotta Kilian
Editing: Friederike Hohmuth
Starring: Chen Emilie Yan, Julia Jentsch, Alev Irmak, Arnd Klawitter, Sebastian Urzendowsky

Trailer:

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