Analyzing the Criticism of Capitalism in the Footsteps of Marxist Economic Thought through the Film Germany, Bitter Homeland
Analyzing the Criticism of Capitalism in the Footsteps of Marxist Economic Thought through the Film Germany, Bitter Homeland

Summary/Abstract: European countries, devastated after the Second World War, began to demand workers from the world’s developing countries with young populations to regain the workforce they lost in the war. One of the countries in demand for workers is Turkey, which has a high young population rate. Thus, an intense wave of external migration occurred in Turkey, driven by social and economic concerns. Cinema films mostly contain reflections of the current social and economic context, the system of production relations, and social values. Germany, Bitter Homeland deals with themes such as the sociological adventure of external migration and the problems experienced by the people of Turkey at the crossroads of international migration, and the issues of capitalist system, labor exploitation, commodification of labor, gender, cultural conflict, alienation, within the integrity of the filmic narrative, on the theme of Marxist economics and philosophy. Through qualitative analysis, the study investigated which aspects of the film dealt with these facts, and it was concluded that the film successfully conveyed these issues to the audience.

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