The Roots of Madness follows filmmaker Edgar Hagen and veteran reporter Ulrich Tilgner on a journey through Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Niger to uncover how Western wars have fueled today’s refugee crises and rising extremism. By confronting the roots of displacement, the film challenges viewers to face the West’s own role in the chaos dividing its democracies.
Cast
Ulrich Tilgner
Self
Edgar Hagen
Self
Sheikh Adnan Hussein Alaij Al-Jumaili
Self
Yasir Alaiwi Al-Kubaisi
Self
Saad Abbas Bilal
Self
Abari Boullou
Self
Ibrahim Manzo Diallo
Self
Newroz Ahmed
Self
The Fulani of Toumour
Self
Jal Gul
Self
Sanaullah Hashimi
Self
Meriyem Ibrahim
Self
Hasan Koçer
Self
Ari Mouche Mala
Self
Ziad Khalaf Ne’ma
Self
Mohammad Sadiq Patman
Self
Eamal Sardar
Self
Stadtmusik Harmonie Schaffhausen
Self
Mohammad Tahir
Self
Mizgin Xelil
Self
Zarifa Yaqoobi
Self
Noor Zidane
Self
Crew
Edgar Hagen
Director, Writer, Producer
Fanni Hatházi
Writer
Mark Daniels
Writer
Christian Büttiker
Editor
Audrey Maurion
Editor
Yasaman Seyedahmadi
Editor
Börres Weiffenbach
Director of Photography
Soran Khateri
Director of Photography
Michael Hammon
Director of Photography
Michael Terhorst
Director of Photography
Mathias Hefel
Producer, Sound
Jean-Pierre Gerth
Sound
Oscar van Hoogevest
Sound
Jörg Höhne
Sound
Dietrich Körner
Sound
Tomek Kolczynski
Original Music Composer
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