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From the Academy Award®- and Emmy-winning producers of “One Day In September” and “Searching For Sugar Man,” "Merkel" tells the astonishing story of how a triple political outsider – a woman, a scientist, and an East German – became one of the most successful politicians in the world. A pastor’s daughter who grew up behind the iron curtain in the former DDR (East Germany), Merkel re-invented herself after the fall of the Berlin Wall to become “the world's most powerful woman” (Forbes, 2020), often outsmarting and outstaying her male opponents. But despite her historic 16-year Chancellorship of Germany, the international public still knows very little about her. Using vast archive materials and interviews with those who know her – friends, journalists, political allies, and critics – the film offers a thoughtful re-examination of her life and career from both a domestic and international perspective, told with humor, subtlety, and poignancy befitting of its subject.
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Sonja Henrici
sonja@sonjahenrici.com
- Year2022
- Runtime96 minutes
- LanguageGerman, English
- CountryUnited Kingdom, Denmark, Germany
- PremiereMidwest Premiere
- GenreDocumentary Feature
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningSuitable for All Ages
- DirectorEva Weber
- ProducerLizzie Gillet, Eva Weber, Sonja Henrici, Sigrid Dyekjaer
- Executive ProducerDawn Porter
- CastAngela Merkel
From the Academy Award®- and Emmy-winning producers of “One Day In September” and “Searching For Sugar Man,” "Merkel" tells the astonishing story of how a triple political outsider – a woman, a scientist, and an East German – became one of the most successful politicians in the world. A pastor’s daughter who grew up behind the iron curtain in the former DDR (East Germany), Merkel re-invented herself after the fall of the Berlin Wall to become “the world's most powerful woman” (Forbes, 2020), often outsmarting and outstaying her male opponents. But despite her historic 16-year Chancellorship of Germany, the international public still knows very little about her. Using vast archive materials and interviews with those who know her – friends, journalists, political allies, and critics – the film offers a thoughtful re-examination of her life and career from both a domestic and international perspective, told with humor, subtlety, and poignancy befitting of its subject.
Film Contact
Sonja Henrici
sonja@sonjahenrici.com
- Year2022
- Runtime96 minutes
- LanguageGerman, English
- CountryUnited Kingdom, Denmark, Germany
- PremiereMidwest Premiere
- GenreDocumentary Feature
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Content WarningSuitable for All Ages
- DirectorEva Weber
- ProducerLizzie Gillet, Eva Weber, Sonja Henrici, Sigrid Dyekjaer
- Executive ProducerDawn Porter
- CastAngela Merkel