Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Imogen Kogge
Angela Merkel
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stephan Wagner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Merkel: Anatomy of a Crisis is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
