On January 7th 2005 an asylum seeker, shackled at his hands and feet, dies in a fire in cell number five of a police station in Dessau, Germany. With "Cell 5" Mario Pfeifer reconstructs the case of Oury Jalloh's death using legal documents, testimonies, audio-visual archives, and collaborates with the forensic expert Iain Peck to reproduce an accurate fire experiment. All in an attempt to answer: How could Oury Jalloh burn to death?
| Release Date | December 31, 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Released | |
| Original Title | Zelle 5 – Eine Rekonstruktion | |
| Runtime | 30min | |
| Budget | — | |
| Revenue | — | |
| Language | — | |
| Original Language | German | |
| Production Countries | Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America | |
| Production Companies | Papermoon FilmsKOW | |