
Kingdom of Germany
Peter Fitzek used to be a chef and a martial arts trainer. Now he calls himself king of his own country, the Kingdom of Germany, a micronation built out of several properties clustered around Wittenberg, south of Berlin. VICE Germany spends time with Fitzek and his subjects, filming the trappings he has assembled to make the claim look real: an official state limousine, printed passports, a currency that exists alongside the euro, and a citizenry that has grown to 25 people willing to sign on. The crew presses Fitzek on how serious the whole project actually is, whether this is theater, conviction, or something in between, and lets him answer in his own words on his own turf. The film stays close to the physical evidence of the kingdom, the buildings, the documents, the car, rather than getting into the ideology or legal status of German micronations more broadly, leaving the viewer to judge Fitzek's sincerity from what the camera actually shows.