02 May 1979
The Tin Drum
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
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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.
Top Billed Cast
Imogen Kogge Angela Merkel
Josef Bierbichler Horst Seehofer
Wolfgang Pregler Thomas de Maizière
Tristan Seith Peter Altmaier
Rüdiger Vogler Wolfgang Schäuble
Timo Dierkes Sigmar Gabriel
Walter Sittler Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Gisela Aderhold Beate Baumann
Silvina Buchbauer Eva Christiansen
Urs Remond Steffen Seibert
Uwe Preuss Joachim Sauer
Hendrik Heutmann Jens Spahn
Jürgen Fischer Alexander Dobrindt
Germain Wagner Jean-Claude Juncker
Justus Carrière Manfred Schmidt
Simon Licht Bernhard Kotsch
Oliver Urbanski Philipp Steinberg
Peter Raffalt Christoph Heusgen
Peter Kremer Holger Münch
Michael Benthin Hans-Georg Maaßen
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