Cell 5 - A Reconstruction

Cell 5 - A Reconstruction

On January 7th 2005 an asylum seeker, shackled at his hands and feet, dies in a fire in cell number five of a police station in Dessau, Germany. With "Cell 5" Mario Pfeifer reconstructs the case of Oury Jalloh's death using legal documents, testimonies, audio-visual archives, and collaborates with the forensic expert Iain Peck to reproduce an accurate fire experiment. All in an attempt to answer: How could Oury Jalloh burn to death?

Release Date

December 31, 2022

Status

Released

Original Title

Zelle 5 – Eine Rekonstruktion

Runtime

30min

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Revenue

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Production Companies

Papermoon FilmsKOW