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.
- Year: 2021
- Country: Germany
- Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
- Studio: ARTE, ZDF, Gruppe 5
- Keyword: hygiene, medicine, docudrama, pandemic, microbiology
- Director: Claudia Spoden, Christian Feyerabend
- Cast: Tobias Meister, Karl-Heinz Leven, Klaus Bergdolt, Mathieu Da Vinha, Harald Seifert, Klaus Vogel