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The Donald Duck Principle

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The documentary tells why Donald Duck hit Europe like a bomb after the Second World War, creates a loving psychogram of the drake who’d love to be successful and eventually examines the question how our on self-optimization focused society deals with failure.

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2014-10-15

Runtime: 90 mins

Director: Hasko Baumann, Edda Baumann von Broen

Spoken language: Deutsch, Nederlands, Français, English

Genres: Documentary

Original title: The Donald Duck Principle

Production Companies: Avanti Media Plus, ZDF Enterprises, ZDF, ARTE

Production Countries: Belgium, Germany

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