Merkel: Anatomy of a Crisis

Overview

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.

Director: Stephan Wagner

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