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BILLION DOLLAR BABIES (2026)
Directed by Sebastian Weis
Documentary, Crime · 1h 30m
Hidden beneath the surface of the world’s waterways flows one of the most secretive and lucrative trades on Earth — the trafficking of baby eels. BILLION DOLLAR BABIES is a gripping narrative that exposes the billion-dollar global network built on one of nature’s most mysterious creatures — and the blurred moral lines between survival, greed, and conservation. What begins as an investigation into an obscure fishing niche unfolds into a shocking expose of globalised crime and environmental neglect. Despite being listed as a critically endangered species, the European eel has become one of the most valuable commodities on the black market — worth more than cocaine by weight and the most trafficked animal in the world.
Crew
- Director
- Sebastian Weis
- Writer
- Sebastian Weis
- Director of Photography
- Sebastian Weis
- Original Music Composer
- Nils Kacirek
- Editor
- Marcel Ozan Riedel
- Producer
- Bridget Wing, Stefanie Kaiser, Nele Huff, Ana-Marija Validžić
Details
- Original title
- Milliarden Dollar Babies: Große Gewinne mit kleinen Aalen
- Release date
- 2026-03-24
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Documentary, Crime
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German, English, Mandarin, French, Polish, Russian, Spanish
- Countries
- Germany, United Kingdom, Croatia
- Production
- DOCDAYS Productions, ZDF, BBC World Service, Hrvatska Radiotelevizija, ARTE