Film Talk
A film talk will follow the screening. Our guests are:
Craig Davis (Protagonist): Former Head of Marketing & Sales at Tesla Europe. In the early years, he worked closely with Elon Musk and played a key role in rapidly establishing the company in Europe. To this day, he has a strong network in Silicon Valley and possesses in-depth insights into current developments, particularly in the fields of AI and emerging technology trends.
Sönke Iwersen (protagonist): Head of Investigative Journalism at Handelsblatt and author of the book TESLA FILES. Together with his team, he analysed the so-called Tesla Files: around 100 gigabytes of internal data containing over 3,000 customer complaints – ranging from sudden phantom braking to unintended acceleration. The data was leaked to the Handelsblatt by former Tesla employee Lukasz Krupski.
Anne von Petersdorff (writer & executive producer of ELON MUSK UNCOVERED): She has been part of the project from the outset, played a key role in the research and offers deep insights into the creative process as well as the challenges faced during the film’s production. Previously, she directed the investigative documentary series JUAN CARLOS – LIEBE, GELD, VERRAT (Sky, NBCU; world premiere at Canneseries).
Felix Kempter (Executive Producer Sky): Felix Kempter is responsible for the development and production of Sky Germany Original documentaries, such as JUAN CARLOS - DOWNFALL OF THE KING, GERMANWINGS, THE NAZI CARTEL and ELON MUSK UNVEILED - THE TESLA EXPERIMENT.
ELON MUSK UNCOVERED - DAS TESLA EXPERIMENT
Deutschland 2025 – Director: Andreas Pichler – Original language: English, German – Subtitles: English – Length: 89 min.
Fatal accidents, thousands of complaints, and no one claims to have known anything. For the first time, insiders, whistleblowers, and relatives of victims speak out about Tesla’s Autopilot technology and the company’s handling of criticism. The film paints a disturbing picture of a technological race in which safety and responsibility are at stake. H.-M.S.
No youth rating
Biography
Andreas Pichler studied at ZeLIG in Bolzano, in Bologna, and at Freie Universität Berlin. The Grimme Prize winner has been working as a writer, director, and producer of documentary films for over 20 years. He works primarily in German-speaking countries and in Italy.
Filmography
GEFÄHRLICH NAH – WENN BÄREN TÖTEN, DE/IT 2024, 93 Min.
ALKOHOL – DER GLOBALE RAUSCH, DE 2019, 93 Min.
DAS SYSTEM MILCH, DE/IT 2017, 94 Min.
Writer: Anne von Petersdorff, Christian Beetz, Andreas Pichler. Camera: Jakob Stark, Tom Bergmann. Sound: Tom Schön, Lorenzo Misia, Karsten Höfer, Lukas Reiter, Dennis Schweitzer. Editing: Johannes Hiroshi Nakajima, BFS, Beatrice Segolini, Nicolás Nørgaard Staffolani. Music: Henning Fuchs. Production: Beetz Brothers film production GmbH. Producer: Christian Beetz.
