Im Schatten der Macht (2003) (TV)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Oliver Storz

Writer:

Oliver Storz (writer)

Release Date:

23 October 2003 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot:

The last days of Willy Brandt as chancellor in Germany.

Plot Keywords:

Cold War | 1970s | West Germany | Marital Problem | Election Campaign

Awards:

2 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Michael Mendl	...	Willy Brandt
Jürgen Hentsch	...	Herbert Wehner
Dieter Pfaff	...	Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Matthias Brandt	...	Günter Guillaume
Barbara Rudnik	...	Rut Brandt
Michael Quast	...	Günter Nollau
Rudolf Kowalski	...	Egon Bahr
Ulrich Mühe	...	Günther Gaus
Markus Boysen	...	Helmut Schmidt
Felix von Manteuffel	...	Walter Scheel
Ann-Kathrin Kramer	...	Geliebte
Felix Eitner	...	Schrader
Friederike Wagner	...	Anne Braun
Jörg Gudzuhn	...	Manne Schacht
Wolfgang Grindemann	...	Arno

Also Known As:

Im Schatten der Macht - Die Falle (Germany) (first part title)
Im Schatten der Macht - Vier Tage im Mai (Germany) (second part title)
Willy Brandt (Germany) (working title)

Runtime:

180 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

Bonn, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

Arte

Trivia:

Matthias Brandt plays the role of "Günter Guillaume", the man who spied out his real life father Willy Brandt.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Railway station sign "Göttingen" (part 1) from a type used from the mid-1990s on, not in 1973/74.