Directed by:
Mark RadiceScreenplay:
Andrew MarrCinematography:
Neil HarveyCast:
Andrew Marr, Angela Merkel (a.f.), John F. Kennedy (a.f.), Helmut Kohl (a.f.), Ronald Reagan (a.f.), Volker Schlöndorff, Ed MilibandPlots(1)
On the eve of the German federal elections, Andrew Marr looks at the enigmatic Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel. She is the most important politician in Europe and the most powerful woman in the world. Yet she has been criticized by some for her lack of charisma and accused by others of trying to turn Europe into a Greater Germany. Andrew Marr delves into her childhood and background to discover what has shaped her political vision and style. Growing up in East Germany, the paranoid state at the heart of the Communist Eastern Bloc, then becoming a research scientist, she only entered politics in her mid-thirties after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Her political journey has been marked by caution and compromise - but with occasional flashes of ruthlessness and an unyielding commitment to European Union. In this film, Andrew Marr lifts the veil on a very unusual politician. (BBC)
(more)Cast
Andrew Marr
UK
Best movies:
Brexit (2019) (TV movie) - a.f.
Angela Merkel (a.f.)
West Germany
Best movies:
Almanya: Welcome to Germany (2011) - a.f.
Die Ermittler: Nur für den Dienstgebrauch (2016) (TV movie)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) - a.f.
John F. Kennedy (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Forrest Gump (1994)
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Les Figures de l'ombre (2016) - a.f.
Helmut Kohl (a.f.)
German Empire
Best movies:
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Die Ermittler: Nur für den Dienstgebrauch (2016) (TV movie)
Ronald Reagan (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Storm Warning (1951)
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Volker Schlöndorff
German Empire
Best movies:
Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
Léon Morin, Priest (1961)
The Finger Man (1962)
Ed Miliband
UK