Seven million Germans are heavily indebted. For the debt collection industry, a lucrative business that yields five billion euros in revenues. Although not all debt collection claims are lawful. Not by far. The documentary DEBT COLLECTION: BUSINESS IN THE BILLIONS (original title: MILLIARDENGESCHÄFT INKASSO) shows how an industry takes in stride that people slide deeper and deeper into indebtedness so that it can make a profit.

Screenplay/Director: Michael Richter
Camera: Boris Mahlau
Editor: Ulrich Skalicky
Commissioning Editor: Kathrin Becker
Executive Producers: Carsten Rau and Hauke Wendler
Production: PIER 53 Filmproduktion