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Merkel: Anatomy of a Crisis (2020)

Angela Merkel's decision in autumn 2015 to open the borders for refugees split the country - some praised the moral stance, others criticized the surrender of sovereignty. Yet what would appear to be well-planned activity is in reality a policy of muddling along, chance, trial and error. The Driven Ones is a chronicle of the refugee crisis which shows that the political actors are being driven along, crushed between self-imposed constraints and events that have spun out of control.

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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Imogen KoggeImogen KoggeAngela Merkel
  • Photo of Josef BierbichlerJosef BierbichlerHorst Seehofer
  • Photo of Wolfgang PreglerWolfgang PreglerThomas de Maizière
  • Photo of Tristan SeithTristan SeithPeter Altmaier
  • Photo of Rüdiger VoglerRüdiger VoglerWolfgang Schäuble
  • Photo of Timo DierkesTimo DierkesSigmar Gabriel
  • Photo of Walter SittlerWalter SittlerFrank-Walter Steinmeier
  • Photo of Gisela AderholdGisela AderholdBeate Baumann
  • Photo of Silvina BuchbauerSilvina BuchbauerEva Christiansen
  • Photo of Urs RemondUrs RemondSteffen Seibert

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