A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene

Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.

Country:

Germany

Genre:

Documentary,

History,

TV Movie

Duration:

52 minutes

Year:

2021

Director:

Claudia Spoden

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Company:

ARTE,

ZDF,

Gruppe 5

Cast:

Self - Narrator (voice)

Self - Medicine Historian

Self - Medicine Historian

Self - Historian

Self - Microbiologist

Crew:

Director

Director

Writer

Writer

Co-Director