Merkel-Jahre - Am Ende einer Ära

Aug 30, 2021

1h 0m

★ 7.0

Overview

The film shines a light onto federal chancellor Angela Merkel and her now ending 16-year-long tenure. An era, not an episode. And a vagarious relationship history between the chancellor and the Germans. Who has changed whom here?

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

SWR

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Angela Merkel

Self

Winfried Kretschmann

Self

Horst Seehofer

Self

Franz Müntefering

Self

Ulrich Wilhelm

Self

Peer Steinbrück

Self

Ursula von der Leyen

Self

Wolfgang Schäuble

Self

Thomas de Maizière

Self

Ulrich Deppendorf

Self

Alexis Tsipras

Self

Jean-Claude Juncker

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