A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene (movie)
Auf Leben und Tod – Meilensteine der Hygiene- User score: 6.5
- Production country: Germany
- Producer: Claudia Spoden , Christian Feyerabend
- Production companies: ARTE, ZDF, Gruppe 5
- Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
- Release date: 3/19/2021
- Run time: 52 min.
Movie description
Hygienic habits are as old as the various human civilizations; but each era establishes its own customs: whether private or public, everywhere and at all times, methods of personal cleanliness have depended on cultural conventions, religious morals, political ideologies and economic interests; because the control of basic hygiene has also been and is one more tool in the infinite exercise of power over the masses.
