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Gefangene des Meeres

Gefangene des Meeres

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 1, 1989

Runtime

1h 18m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Gefangene des Meeres

Production Companies

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB), BR

Director

Angeliki Antoniou

Description

Documentary film about the adventurous professional life of sponge divers on the Greek Aegean island of Kalymnos. Their existence has been called into question since the entire sponge population became unusable due to fungal infestation in the fall of 1986, for which the fishermen blame the Chernobyl disaster.