Atomlos durch die Macht () is a 2019 Austrian documentary film. Using archival footage and interviews, it traces the history of the anti-nuclear movement in Austria and also addresses alternative and renewable energies and future energy security.
Content Austria is the only country in the world with a functioning nuclear power plant that, due to a 1978 referendum, never went online. The film traces the history of the Austrian anti-nuclear movement, which originated with the resistance against the planned nuclear power plant in St. Pantaleon-ErlaRückblick: In St. Pantaleon-Erla war großes Atomkraftwerk geplant (A large nuclear power plant was planned in St. Pantaleon-Erla.), Niederösterreichische Nachrichten, 6 March 2022 and against the Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant. It grew through resistance against the Wackersdorf reprocessing plant, against Temelín, the Chernobyl disaster and Fukushima disaster, and criticism of the Euratom Treaty, and remains active to this day.Atomlos durch die Macht, Atomlos durch die Macht, Der Neue Heimatfilm Freistadt
Topic SectionsAtomlos durch die Macht, YouTube 74 min 00:00 Intro 05:35 Title – Chernobyl 09:12 St. Pantaleon 13:33 Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant 18:50 Referendum on nuclear power in Austria 21:40 Visit to Zwentendorf 25:40 Political consequences, democratic participation, Wackersdorf reprocessing plant 26:55 Images from the film Wackersdorf 30:09 Temelín Nuclear Power Station and activism 41:50 Energy and politics, Lambach 45:15 Emergence of the Green Party, energy transition 46:12 Economics vs. ecology – nuclear phase-out 49:12 Euratom Treaty 50:44 Costs of nuclear power, civilian and military use 52:48 Energy transition with renewables 55:40 Climate change and energy sources 56:50 Nuclear waste, the relationship between politics and the energy industry 1:02:25 Limits of abundance, the war for oil, outlook 1:06:20 Solutions for the future
Protagonists , Hannes Androsch, Rudolf Anschober, Ulrich Brand, Christoph Chorherr, Klaus Connert, Manfred Doppler, Fred Ebner, Roland Egger, Hans-Josef Fell, Ingo Fliess, Dörte Fouquet, Antony Froggatt, Mathilde Halla, , Erwin Mayer, Michael Mittermeier, Heinz Schaden, , Sylvia Kotting-Uhl, Thomas Neff, Barack Obama, Josef Pühringer, Bern Scheibner, Hans Schuierer, Wolfgang Schüssel, Gabi Schweiger, Janette Sherman, Sabine von Stockar, , Franz Josef Strauß, Dariusz Szwed, , Martin Wassermair, Peter Weish, Friedrich Witzany
Production Markus Kaiser-Mühlecker produced the documentary film on behalf of the Austrian anti-nuclear organization atomstopp_atomkraftfrei leben!Atomlos durch die Macht, , 26 November 2021 The Linz-based organization initiated the film in 2018 to mark the 40th anniversary of the referendum on the commissioning of the Zwentendorf nuclear power plant.Film "Atomlos durch die Macht", atomstopp_atomkraftfrei leben! The film premiered in 2019 at the renowned Crossing Europe Film Festival in Linz."Atomlos durch die Macht" beim Festival "Der neue Heimatfilm" - Doku von Markus Kaiser-Mühlecker über Entstehen, Wachsen und Wirkung der österreichischen Antiatom-Bewegung ("Atomlos durch die Macht" at the "New Homeland Film" Festival - a documentary by Markus Kaiser-Mühlecker about the origins, growth and impact of the Austrian anti-nuclear movement), MeinBezirk.at, 16 August 2019Atomlos durch die Macht - Dokumentarfilm zu Umweltbewegung und Demokratie in Österreich, Martin Wassermeier
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Atomlos durch die Macht, KM-Film Atomlos durch die Macht, YouTube 74 min Atomlos durch die Macht - Nuclear Free Power to the People, Crossing Europe 2019 Atomlos durch die Macht, Podcast on , 23 March 2020, 57 min