From the Taiga in Siberia to the primary forests of Romania to the primeval forest in Peru: around the world, billions of dollars are made from illegal logging. First World consumers are happy about low prices at the hardware and furniture stores, but would doubtless be shocked if they knew the origins of these goods.

Alexander von Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor’s great-great-great-nephew, has been on the timber mafia’s trail for years. As head of the Environmental Investigation Agency in Washington, he tirelessly takes to the road. He doesn’t shy from changing his persona and appearance and employing concealed technical means to bring illegal activities to light. He knows the swamp of crime can’t be drained while corrupt politicians and idle authorities remain indifferent to these illegal activities. So for Alexander von Bismarck, an essential part of his work, over and above his detective activities, is creating political and public awareness of the disastrous consequences of forest depletion – as the state of the planet’s “green lung” has long since assumed dramatic proportions.

This wake-up-call documentary follows von Bismarck and his comrades into the hell of profit-lust and back again.

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Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan, Michaela Kirst, Ebba Sinzinger

  • Documentary
Production Country / Year
Austria, Germany, Romania 2020
Language
en. OF mit de. UT
Format
Color, 95min
1.78:1 (16:9), Discrete 5.1
Original Title
Der Graubte Wald

Director & Crew

Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan

Born in Oradea/Romania. Studied Directing in Bucharest. Active as a producer and director.

Filmography

2011

  • VOTUL MEU, Dokumentarfilm

2016

  • DOAR O RÃSUFLAR, Dokumentarfilm

2018

  • DACII LIBERI, Spielfilm

2020

  • WOOD, (Co-Regie), Dokumentarfilm
    HOF 2020

Michaela Kirst

Born in 1970. Completed a bookseller apprenticeship and studied Psychology and German Philology in Cologne and Toulouse and Directing at the New York Film Academy. Active as a director and journalist.

Filmography

2008

  • JESUS LIEBT DICH, Dokumentarfilm

2011

  • TATORT REGENWALD: UNDERCOVER GEGEN DIE HOLZMAFIA, TV-Dokumentarfilm

2014

  • HIMMEL ÜBER PEKING - DIE TAUBENZÜCHTER DER ALTSTADT, TV-Dokumentarfilm

2020

  • DRWIN ON TIMES SQUARE, Dokumentarfilm
  • WOOD, (Co-Regie), Dokumentarfilm
    HOF 2020

Ebba Sinzinger

Born in Linz/Austria. Studied at the Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennslyvania/USA, at the University of Vienna and at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. Active as a producer, writer and director.

Filmography

1992

  • SCHÄTZE AUS ÄTHIOPIEN, Dokumentarfilm

1996

  • HOMEBOYS INC., Kurzfilm

1996

  • CHARGAFF, Dokumentarfilm

2000

  • DAYDREAM NATION, Dokumentarfilm

2003

  • GOOD-BYE ARGENTINA, Dokumentarfilm

2010

  • IM JAHR DES HASEN, Dokumentarfilm

2020

  • WOOD, (Co-Regie), Dokumentarfilm  HOF 2020
Writer
Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan
Michaela Kirst
Ebba Sinzinger
Director of Photography
Attila Boa
Jakub Bejnarowicz
Jörg Burger
Editor
Roland Söttinger
Andrea Wagner
Sound
Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson
Claus Benischke
Nora Nora Czamler
Andreas Pils
Peter Rösner
Sound Designer
Simon Bastian
Music Composer
Sonic Youth
Producer
Monica Lăzurean-Gorgan
Ebba Sinzinger
Vincent Lucassen
Thomas Tielsch
Adrian Sitaru