Waste Land (2001)

By 2045, twenty localities in Germany will be resettled because of brown coal open pit mining. The film Waste Land follows the inhabitants of three villages in the Rhenish coal-mining district during their last years in their old home and documents how an entire region prepares for its collective relocation.

• Release Date: 2001-11-18
• Runtime: 1h 3min
• Production Company: Mascha Film
• Production Country: Germany
• Director: Jens Schanze