Angela Merkel – The Unexpected
Angela Merkel – The Unexpected is a 2016 documentary film directed by Torsten Körner and Matthias Schmidt. The television premier on Arte was on 6 December 2016.
| Angela Merkel – The Unexpected | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Torsten Koerner |
| Directed by | Torsten Koerner and Matthias Schmidt |
| Starring | Angela Merkel Timothy Garton Ash Thomas de Maizière Lothar de Maizière Annette Schavan Peer Steinbrück Franz Müntefering Sahra Wagenknecht Peter Hintze Guido Westerwelle Jürgen Rüttgers Norbert Blüm Heribert Prantl Alexander Osang Stephan Grünewald Willi Hausmann Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger Katrin Göring-Eckardt Edmund Stoiber Horst Seehofer Roland Koch David Miliband Jonathan Powell Helle Thorning-Schmidt Rainer Eppelmann Bernd Birnbaum Wolf Donath Michael Schindhelm |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language(s) | German/English |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | Jean Schablin |
| Editor(s) | Martin Schroeder |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original release | 2016 |
Synopsis
Angela Merkel - The Unexpected tells the story of Chancellor Merkel’s unexpected rise to power – from an East German physicist to the most powerful woman in the world. The film takes a look at her biography from when she entered the political stage in 1989 to the present. A second focus is put on the refugee crisis and establishes the connection between Merkel’s actions and her biography. Political and personal companions who have witnessed the chancellor throughout the years comment on her childhood in East Germany, her first political steps, her rise to the top, her eventful chancellorship, and the current political situation she is facing. In an exclusive interview, Angela Merkel herself reflects on her life in the German Democratic Republic, comparing it to her life after the fall of the Berlin Wall, her unexpected and unprecedented career, the refugee crisis, and finally on herself as a politician, a motivator, or a listener.[1]
Background
The documentary film is produced by Broadview TV and MDR in collaboration with Arte and Das Erste.
References
- Smagge, Patricia (2016). "Angela Merkel: The Unexpected – Angela Merkel – Die Unerwartete (2016) (In Dutch)". cinemagazine.nl. Retrieved 2017-09-20.