Demokratie unter Druck – Europa vor der Wahl

May 13, 2019

1h 31m

★ 5.0

Overview

Thoughts of a diversity of public and private citizens on the virtues of democracy, its faults, its decadence, its fall and the rise of populism.

Genres

Documentary

TV Movie

Production Companies

Spiegel TV

ARTE

ZDF

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Nina Petri

Self - Political Scientist

Francis Fukuyama

Self - Philosopher

Ágnes Heller

Self - Yellow Vests Leader

Jérôme Bouzendorffer

Self - Philosopher

Guillaume Paoli

Self - Political Scientist

Yascha Mounk

Self - Political Scientist

Ulrike Guérot

Self - Politician

Esteban González Pons

Self - Theologian

Frank Richter

Self - Social Scientist

Naika Foroutan

Self - Décider Ensemble Member

Marion Roth

Self - Yellow Vests Leader

Julien Terrier

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