A Matter of Life and Death: History of Hygiene

• Movies
• 2021-03-19
• DE
• Released
• 0h 52m
• DE
• Documentary - History - TV Movie

• 6.5
• 2

Production

ARTE, ZDF, Gruppe 5

Storyline

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.