Film & Discussion: Staatsschutz

With Faraz Shariat (Director), Newroz Duman (Activist), Kati Lang (Lawyer), Moderation Lydia Lierke (Political Educator)

An event by Jünglinge Film, Passage-Kino, Jetzt & Morgen GbR, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung, and Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Sachsen

 

Germany 2026, Director: Faraz Shariat, Length: 113 min

Ticket reservation until 08/23 at anmeldung@rosalux-sachsen.de

When newly qualified prosecutor Seyo Kim (Chen Emilie Yan) starts her first job, she has no idea what rotten structures she will soon have to face. She narrowly survives a racist arson attack and decides to investigate the case herself. But instead of clarification, she encounters a wall of silence within "her own ranks": Chief Prosecutor Forch (Arnd Klawitter) downplays the crime. Against the express instructions and bitter resistance of her own department, Seyo takes up the fight against the seemingly all-powerful justice system. In a climate of mistrust, she finds two allies in lawyer Alexandra Tiedemann (Julia Jentsch) and her friend Ayten Alican (Alev Irmak), a public prosecutor's office employee. Under constant threat, Seyo fights with them for the integrity of the law – by any means necessary and not just in court.