Director
John Kantara
Length
52 min (ZDF/ARTE)
43 min (3sat)
Director
John Kantara
John Kantara
52 min (ZDF/ARTE)
43 min (3sat)
John Kantara
Parkinsons affects millions of people worldwide. controversial stem cell therapies could hold the key to curing the nerve disease. The film shows the latest developments in the fight against Parkinson’s by explaining medical innovations and combining emotional patient reports in partly poetically composed narrative sections with the challenges of everyday clinical research.
Dopamine is actually a happiness hormone: it is responsible for our mood. But it is also important for controlling movements. A lack of dopamine leads to trembling and unsteady gait – the best-known symptoms of Parkinson‘s disease. There is still no cure for the world‘s second most common nerve disease. New studies give hope, but scientists warn against too much optimism.
Directed by
John Kantara
Camera
Chris Caliman
Gerald Gareis
Felix Greif
Dino von Wintersdorff
Sound
Lukas Röhrdanz
Sebastian Stemper
Nicolas Winkelhahn
Editing
Jens Greuner
Music
Nils Kacirek
Paul Timmich
Voiceover
Susanne Grawe
Graphics
Ezra Sefaye
Color correction
Bernie Greiner
Sound mix
Pierre Brand
Postproduction
Malte Hadeler
Archive
Pond 5
ZDF
Heike Kruse/DOP
Production Manager
Juliane Hribar (Gebrüder Beetz)
Katharina Krohmann (ZDF)
Producer
Nadine Neumann
Executive Producer
Reinhardt Beetz
Editorial
Ann-Christin Hornberger
Katharina Finger
A production by gebrüder beetz filmproduktion
On behalf of ZDF
In cooperation with ARTE