Black Box BRD

May 24, 2001

1h 42m

★ 6.2

Overview

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 life stories of both Wolfgang Grams and Alfred Herrhausen are tragically linked to this era. Grams is the one who takes up arms for moral rigor; Herrhausen however seizes power and dies when powerful.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Zero Film

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Cast

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Traudl Herrhausen

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Rainer Grams

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Werner Grams

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Ruth Grams

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Thomas R. Fischer

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Hilmar Kopper

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Rolf-Ernst Breuer

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Michael Endres

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Helmut Kohl

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Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado

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Matthias Dittmer

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Albert Eisenach

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