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The Roots of Madness (2026)
Directed by Edgar Hagen
Documentary · 1h 47m
For 40 years, Ulrich Tilgner travelled throughout the Middle East as a reporter for German television. He revisits this region, devastated with the active support of Western powers.
Cast
U
Ulrich Tilgner
Self
E
Edgar Hagen
Self
S
Sheikh Adnan Hussein Alaij Al-Jumaili
Self
Y
Yasir Alaiwi Al-Kubaisi
Self
S
Saad Abbas Bilal
Self
A
Abari Boullou
Self
I
Ibrahim Manzo Diallo
Self
N
Newroz Ahmed
Self
T
The Fulani of Toumour
Self
J
Jal Gul
Self
S
Sanaullah Hashimi
Self
M
Meriyem Ibrahim
Self
Crew
- Director
- Edgar Hagen
- Writer
- Edgar Hagen, Fanni Hatházi, Mark Daniels
- Director of Photography
- Börres Weiffenbach, Soran Khateri, Michael Hammon, Michael Terhorst
- Original Music Composer
- Tomek Kolczynski
- Editor
- Christian Büttiker, Audrey Maurion, Yasaman Seyedahmadi
- Producer
- Edgar Hagen, Mathias Hefel
Details
- Release date
- 2026-04-19
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, English, French, German, Kurdish, Persian, Pushto
- Countries
- Switzerland
- Production
- Vollbild Film GmbH