United States / Sep 03, 2022 / Telluride Film Festival
1h 37min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Driven by extensive archive material and interviews with those who know her, this is the astonishing story of how a triple outsider – a woman, a scientist, and an East German – became the de facto leader of the “Free World”, told for the first time for an international audience.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Robin Alexander | Self |
| Dirk Kurbjuweit | Self |
| Martin Schulz | Self |
| Simon McDonald | Self |
| Margaret Heckel | Self |
| Stephen Hadley | Self |
| Nico Fried | Self |
| Christiane Amanpour | Self |
| Ben Rhodes | Self |
| Susan Rice | Self |
| Volker Schlöndorff | Self |
| Tony Blair | Self |
| Annette Schavan | Self |
| Peer Steinbrück | Self |
| Roland Koch | Self |
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Merkel – Macht der Freiheit |
| Original language | DE |
| Production countries | Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Passion Pictures, Real Lava, Artemis Rising, XTR, Odd Girl Out Productions, Screen Scotland, Sonja Henrici Creates, RTL, LOOKSfilm |
| Release date | 24 novembre 2022 |
| Executive producer | Dawn Porter, Romain Bessi, Gunnar Dedio, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Kathryn Everett, Philip Knatchbull, Philippe Levasseur, Maria Logan, Andrew Ruhemann, Regina K. Scully, Anne Sheehan, Marc Smith, Mark Thomas, Vijay Vaidyanathan, Paul Wiegard |
| Production | Eva Weber, Lizzie Gillett, Sonja Henrici, Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær, Regina Bouchehri |
| Editing | Daniel Greenway |
| Cinematography | Reinhold Vorschneider, Konrad Waldmann |
| Assistant directors | Eva Weber |
| Camera operators | Reinhold Vorschneider, Konrad Waldmann |
| Additional photography | Reinhold Vorschneider, Konrad Waldmann |
| Music | Jon Opstad, Raoul Brand |
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| Sound | Raoul Brand, Jon Opstad |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Germany / Nov 24, 2022
Australia / Jun 01, 2023 / PG
Digital
Germany / Dec 08, 2022 / 6 / RTL+
France / Mar 01, 2023 / 12 / Netflix
TV
Germany / Dec 08, 2022 / GEO
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