Master of the Universe
2013 · 88 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 1,219 VOTES · DIR. Marc Bauder
Overview
He was one of Germany's leading investment experts with an income of several million Euros per day. Now, he sits on one of the upper floors of an empty bank building in the middle of Frankfurt, overlooking a skyline of glass and steel. And talks. In an extended mix of a monologue and an in-depth interview, which is as frightening as it is fascinating, he shares his inside knowledge from a megalomaniac parallel world where illusions are the market's hardest currency. Marc Bauder's 'Master of the Universe' is based on meticulous research and provides us with geniune insight into the notoriously secretive and self-protective 'universe' of which our nameless protagonist experiences himself a master. Where other films on the financial meltdown have focused on the epic nature of larger-than-life business, Bauder probes the mentality that made it possible in the first place. A tense drama where psychology meets finance - two things that are more closely linked than you would like to believe.
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00:00:53 Let's assume I want to be a part of it.
00:06:26 Then Merrill Lynch moved in.
00:09:38 There are 6 or 8 screens all around you
00:13:34 This doesn't mean no one's going to come see you, but it might take longer."
00:16:31 how to do the hedge, etc.
00:22:24 Otherwise it's speculation.
00:25:45 It was unspoken, but clear to everybody:
00:28:33 It was the head hunter worried about losing his commission.
00:32:18 I don't share this analogy.
00:36:41 The time of modest share prices is over.
00:40:07 I started reading books.
00:44:04 She wanted me to go on paternity leave.
00:47:15 But it's very tight-knit.
00:50:55 The IWF reacted with a massive intervention into Indonesian affairs.
00:54:04 If you do a lot of business
00:56:59 I can't demand transparency about.
01:02:00 I remember one particular product.
01:06:19 If this summit fails to produce a solid plan to combat the debt crisis
01:10:04 You wait to see how the EU reacts.
01:13:06 Only Property. Private debt.
01:17:14 It's a bit like a front campaign in World War I:
01:20:28 Then I moved heaven and earth to get a new job ...
01:24:00 You can observe this, too. I've been involved in philanthropy.
01:27:01 It's collective versus individual learning, but the answer is no.