Angela Merkel – The Unexpected

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

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.

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.

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References

Smagge, Patricia (2016). "Angela Merkel: The Unexpected – Angela Merkel – Die Unerwartete (2016) (In Dutch)". cinemagazine.nl. Retrieved 2017-09-20.

External links

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[1] Smagge, Patricia (2016). "Angela Merkel: The Unexpected – Angela Merkel – Die Unerwartete (2016) (In Dutch)". cinemagazine.nl. Retrieved 2017-09-20.