The Emissions Cheating Scandal - For more than ten years, German automotive companies manipulated the emissions values of their vehicles and lied to suppliers, consumers and authorities worldwide. Citizens were ripped off by the auto industry - flanked by a powerful lobby. Whistleblower Karsten vom Bruch has been fighting for his reputation ever since. He had pointed out discrepancies at Bosch years before the scandal broke.

The Emissions Cheating Scandal (2021)
Director: Johan von Mirbach
Writers: Johan von Mirbach
Genre: Documentary
Country: Germany
Language: English
Also Known As: #Dieselgate: How the Car Industry Lied to Us All
Release Date: February 23, 2021 Georgia (ARTE)

Synopsis:
It’s the biggest scandal in German industrial history: For more than ten years, automobile manufacturers and suppliers working for lots of different companies lied to consumers and authorities by deliberately manipulating the exhaust emissions of their vehicles. With catastrophic consequences: Almost 20 million car owners worldwide were cheated. The reputation of Germany’s car industry is ruined. And the consequences for human health and the environment are immense. In this investigative documentary, industry insiders reveal that this is the logical consequence of a culture of profit maximization at the expense of morality, decency and legality.

The background of the diesel scandal – how Germany’s carmakers and their suppliers deliberately developed illegal defeat devices, exploited legal loopholes and lied to consumers and control authorities for decades – is breath-taking. The main protagonists of our film are whistle-blowers fighting against powerful car bosses. An ex-engineer, an ex-manager, a lawyer – they all break their silence for the first time in front of the camera to reveal the criminal activities in Germany’s car industry.

We closely follow our protagonists and accompany them in their often very personal fight against injustice and cover-ups. The film concentrates on their personal accounts and interweaves news reports and official statements, and thus exposes the discrepancy between what we were lead to believe and what really happened.

Also Known As (AKA):
(original title) #Dieselgate
Finland Suuri saksalainen autohuijaus
Finland Det stora tyska bilbedrägeriet(Swedish)
Germany #Dieselgate
World-wide #Dieselgate: How the Car Industry Lied to Us All(English)

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