Angela Merkel ‧ The Fateful Years of a Chancellor
Angela Merkel, Germany's first female chancellor, ended the "Merkel era" in 2021 after 16 years and with it a remarkable rise from "Kohl's girl" to "the most powerful woman in the world". Today their legacy is overshadowed by the climate crisis, Russia and the refugee issue. Two and a half years after her departure, the documentary series sheds light on the key years of her career and chancellorship, including Samira El Ouassil, LeFloid, Marina Weisband and Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. The series focuses on the view of the “Merkel Generation” on the chancellorship of the first woman at the head of Germany.
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1.Episode 1: Start-Up
08-07-202432mFall 1989: Revolution in the air. Life in transition. Turning point. Also for the physicist Angela Merkel, who has a doctorate. She is looking for a political home, wants to help s...
2.Episode 2: Among Men
08-07-202433mIn 1999, Merkel was CDU General Secretary - it was the time of the "Twilight of the Gods": the "Chancellor of Unity", Helmut Kohl, was voted out. The CDU is concerned with the ques...
3.Episode 3: In power
08-07-202432mIn 2005, Angela Merkel became Chancellor: the first woman to hold this office, the first East German and, at 51, also the youngest. Girl power!? Merkel's governing style: Moderate,...
4.Episode 4: World out of joint
08-07-202433mCrisis year 2015: Euro crisis, war in eastern Ukraine, refugee question in Europe. Troubled times. Angela Merkel makes a decision that continues to polarize today: she allows refug...
5.Episode 5: Tattoo
08-07-202433mAngela Merkel has been in power for a decade and a half and is preparing to withdraw from politics. Here too she is the first: the first to withdraw in an orderly manner. She had a...
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