BR, 2011, 45 minutes
The Isentalers have been fighting against the proposed A-94 for 35 years. This stretch of motorway would tear through one of Bavaria’s last remaining bastions of untouched Auer countryside to join Munich with Passau. Matti Bauer tells the story of the bitter resistance that this project finds amongst those people who are prepared to fight for the integrity of their land. He takes a look back at the history of the debate: How Stoiber, the Home Secretary of the time, declared war on those opposed to the project, and also at the moving speech from Sepp Daxenberger, the since deceased leader of the green party, in which he appeals for courage on behalf of the Isentalers. In addition to valuable historical documents, the film shows the progress of the building works, how diggers and bulldozers can generate facts and figures, and how the planners in Munich seem to have a solution to every problem.