Sex Made in Germany

Who really profits from the legalisation of prostitution 10 years ago in Germany? Sonia Kennebeck and Tina Soliman spent two years researching the red light industry in Germany. They spoke to prostitutes, porn stars and web-cam whores. They met pimps and the owner of a bordello who even invited them to film his house and family. The film shows how sex tourists from all over the world come to Germany for sex. Six days sex vacation, for example, in so-called flat rate clubs. One flat fee will pay for as much sex and drinks as one wants - or can. The authors also visited local governments and local tax officers who cleverly invent new taxes for the sex workers. ‘Ethics are not part of the tax code’, a happy tax collector explains. And so the German state is also making its share in the sex business. For 10 years now prostitution has been legal in Germany and everyone is profiting - except maybe the women for whom the law was initially intended.