01 Jan 2021
Wie wird man Politiker?
What do you experience as a candidate in a state election campaign? This is what the filmmaker wants to know and accompanies a candidate with the camera for a year. See what he experiences in this documentary.
Hannelore Kohl - Die erste Frau
Hannelore Kohl was the brave political wife, the wife of the Eternal Chancellor. The reliable companion on his way to power. His campaigns were hers too. Last but not least, his success was based on her strength. Hannelore Kohl lived in her husband's iron power system. When she fell seriously ill, Hannelore Kohl retreated more and more from the light of the public to a life in the dark. Until she put an end to her life on July 5, 2001. The documentation chronologically traces the life of Hannelore Kohl using archive recordings from over half a century of German history.
Top Billed Cast
Hannelore Kohl Self (archive footage)
Helmut Kohl Self (archive footage)
Rena Krebs Self
Walter Kohl Self
Peter Kohl Self
Bernhard Vogel Self
Edeltraud Otto Self
Sabine Gräfin von Nayhauß-Cormons Self
Kurt Biedenkopf Self
Hilde Seeber Self
Ecki Seeber Self
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