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Contergan – Just One Tablet
The movie that shook Germany
A German film about the drug thalidomide, first issued 50 years
ago, will be aired despite opposition by the firm that invented
the medication. The drug caused thousands of children to be born
with severe disabilities.
Grünenthal pharmaceuticals had tried to get the TV movie
banned, saying it was not a fair or truthful depiction of the
tragic story.
But judges in Hamburg ruled that it is clearly fiction rather
than a documentary. This means it is officially a work of art
protected from censorship by the German constitution.
The film called “Contergan – Just One Tablet” was aired on
German public television in August 2007.
Contergan was the German name for the drug that was given to
pregnant women to treat morning sickness in the 1950s and the
early 1960s. The drug triggered the biggest pharmaceutical
scandal in postwar Germany after it later became clear that it
caused severe damage to the limbs and internal organs of unborn
foetuses.
Contergan
– Just One Tablet
(ARD Movie
Trailer)
(You don’t need to understand German;
the movie clips is worth a thousand words)
(Please
click on symbol below to view video)
Contergan
– Just One Tablet
(ARD Movie
Trailer)
Award
of the golden camera to that
Film contergan. “No other film created it in this year to
activate such a broad social debate”, justifies the jury
nominating for “contergan”.
Golden
Camera
Awards
(You don’t need to understand German;
the movie clips is worth a thousand words)
(Please
click on symbol below to view video)
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