Helmut Kohl

The Queen and the Prime Ministers (2024)

Danish documentary about the relationship between Queen Magrethe II and the prime ministers. ...

In the Grip of Gazprom (2023)

The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become on Russian gas imports for decades and what Vladimir Putin was up to. However, no country needs more gas t ...

Lebenslänglich Politik: Der ewige Schäuble (2022)

He has always been there. No one has been in German politics as long as Wolfgang Schäuble. He looked back on 50 years as a member of the German Bundestag. Schäuble was a man who helped shape the fate of the Republic for decades. He shaped politics - as t ...

Moscow 1996, Vote or Lose! (2021)

Moscow, January 1996. Boris Yeltsin gets ready to run for a second mandate of the presidency of the young Russian Federation. Polls are in the single digits. A painful economic transition, war in Chechnya, and the rise of criminal groups have left the majo ...

Hannelore Kohl - Die erste Frau (2020)

Hannelore Kohl was the brave political wife, the wife of the Eternal Chancellor. The reliable companion on his way to power. His campaigns were hers too. Last but not least, his success was based on her strength. Hannelore Kohl lived in her husband's iron ...

Laboratory Greece (2019)

A journey through Greece and Europe's past and recent history: from the Second World War to the current crisis. It is a historical documentary, a look into many stories. ...

Der Reichstag (2017)

Docudrama telling the story of a building with a breath taking career that began in the empire, flourished in the Weimar Republic, perished in the Nazi dictatorship, and was rebuilt after its partial destruction. ...

Bimbes: Die schwarzen Kassen des Helmut Kohl (2017)

During the donations scandal of 1999/2000, Helmut Kohl gave his legendary "word of honor" not to name any donors. ...

The Great European Disaster Movie (2015)

2014-2015: 17. The Great European Disaster Movie Authored documentary by Italian director Annalisa Piras and former editor of The Economist Bill Emmott, which explores the crisis facing Europe. Through case studies of citizens in different countries, the ...

Trading Germans (2014)

A first hand account of one of the biggest cases of human trafficking during the Cold War. A story of greed, courage, hope and remorse. ...

Endstation Bad Kleinen - Vom Versagen deutscher Sicherheitsorgane (2013)

This Ain't California (2012)

A retrospective look at the youth cultures born in the German Democratic Republic. A celebration of the lust for life, a contemporary trip into the world of skate, a tale on three heroes and their boards, from their childhood in the seventies, through thei ...

Beutezug Ost - Die Treuhand und die Abwicklung der DDR (2010)

A documentary about the "Treuhand" that managed the transition of East Germany's companies to capitalism. ...

Im Rausch der Macht (2005)

Black Box BRD (2001)

Black Box BRD steps back into German history, showing the Federal Republic of Germany of the 70s and 80s. The country is polarized due to the power struggle of the German state and the "Red Army Faction". Society is torn, the fronts are irreconcilable. The ...

Die Sekretäre (1999)

The film talks about the rise and fall of the two most influential protagonists in GDR-politics. In succession, over long stretches even together, Ulbricht and Honecker determined the course of the GDR, of course without ever getting out of being a satelli ...

When the Wall Came Tumbling Down: 50 Hours That Changed the World (1999)

A detailed reconstruction of the events from Nov. 9th to 11th, 1989, which led to the Berlin wall tumbling down, on a local, national and international level. ...

The Germans and Their Men (1990)

A documentary with fictious elements. Ms. Elisabeth (Lieschen) Müller from Austria comes to Bonn, Germany to find herself a man. During the search she investigates the connections between neckties, political power and prostitution, and tries to look for t ...

Is was, Kanzler? (1984)

October 1982: The entire German political scene is corrupt, the German government a puppet of the USA. To play it safe, the CIA replaces German politicians with compliant doubles. When the chancellor's doppelganger, of all people, is to be taken out of cir ...