The Federal Government is preparing to buy combat drones. This movie attempts to paint a comprehensive picture what this means in concrete terms for Germany.

This movie carefully approaches the subject, focusing on a personal and emotional point of view, accompanying US drone pilots in their everyday lives, giving a voice to family members of drone strike victims as well as international policitcal and military decision makers.

Written and directed by Mona Botros Director of photography Andre Böhm, Sven Kiesche, Boris Mahlau, Richard Gammons, Torbjörn Karvang Edited by Marcel Mertens Production manager Jörg Kunkel Producer Dr. Sunna Altnöder, Stefan Bomhof Executive producer Ulrich Lenze Produced for ZDFzeit Editorial Manager Roman Beuler (ZDFzeit), Christian Deick (ZDFzeit), Udo Frank (ZDFzeit) Locations Germany, USA, Israel Expected date of television broadcasting 27.07.2015, 23.50 Uhr, ZDF Shooting period Summer 2013 Format/duration Documentary, 1 x 45 min. » back