{"id":38837,"date":"2022-11-15T12:57:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T11:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/looks.film\/?p=38837"},"modified":"2025-02-03T13:35:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T12:35:05","slug":"merkel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/looks.film\/en\/merkel\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; full_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; parallax=&#8221;content-moving-fade&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;38841&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1668437397666{background-position: center;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content&#8221; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1592212837054{padding-top: 35px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1590426071263{padding-left: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"label-inline dtable--label\">2022 | Documentary | 96\u2019 <span class=\"imdbRatingPlugin\" data-user=\"ur1705756\" data-title=\"tt21213174\" data-style=\"p4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt21213174\/?ref_=plg_rt_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/G\/01\/imdb\/plugins\/rating\/images\/imdb_31x14.png\" alt=\"Merkel (2022) on IMDb\" \/><\/a><\/span><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,stags=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id)){return;}js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"https:\/\/ia.media-imdb.com\/images\/G\/01\/imdb\/plugins\/rating\/js\/rating.js\";stags.parentNode.insertBefore(js,stags);})(document,\"script\",\"imdb-rating-api\");<\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>merkel<span class=\"light\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;10px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1604669014426{padding-left: 60px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591352720872{padding-right: 50px !important;padding-left: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]From the Academy Award\u00ae- and Emmy-winning producers of \u201cOne Day In September\u201d and \u201cSearching For Sugar Man,\u201d MERKEL tells the astonishing story of how a triple political outsider \u2013 a woman, a scientist, and an East German \u2013 became one of the most successful politicians in the world.<\/p>\n<p>A pastor\u2019s daughter who grew up behind the iron curtain in the former DDR (East Germany), Merkel re-invented herself after the fall of the Berlin Wall to become \u201cthe world&#8217;s most powerful woman\u201d (Forbes, 2020), often outsmarting and outstaying her male opponents. But despite her historic 16-year Chancellorship of Germany, the international public still knows very little about her. Using vast archive materials and interviews with those who know her \u2013 friends, journalists, political allies, and critics \u2013 the film offers a thoughtful re-examination of her life and career from both a domestic and international perspective, told with humor, subtlety, and poignancy befitting of its subject.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591352772434{padding-right: 70px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Press<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-reviews\/merkel-angela-eva-weber-1235211992\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>&#8220;A Thoughtful, Admiring Doc About a German Political Pioneer&#8221; <\/em>\u00a0<\/a> The Hollywood Reporter[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"spoiler-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spoiler-head folded\">more<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"spoiler-body\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2022\/09\/merkel-review-angela-merkel-documentary-1234757976\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u201e<u>Der rote Faden des Films ist, dass sie die Herausforderungen, denen sie sich gegen\u00fcbersah, [&#8230;] mit einem einzigen Leitgedanken anging: im Namen der Freiheit Mauern und Grenzen einzurei\u00dfen, wo immer sie entstehen.\u201c<\/u><\/em><\/a> Indiewire<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.screendaily.com\/reviews\/merkel-telluride-review\/5174070.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u201eWeber may be offering a broad sweep, but there\u2019s delight in the detail.<u>\u201c<\/u><\/em><\/a> Screendaily<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<strong>Distribution<br \/>\n<\/strong>Bettina Offermann<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:distribution@looks.film\"><u>distribution@looks.film<\/u><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Executive Producer<\/strong><br \/>\nLizzie Gillett<br \/>\nEva Weber<br \/>\nSonja Henrici<br \/>\nSigrid Dyekjaer<br \/>\nRegina Bouchehri<br \/>\nGunnar Dedio<\/p>\n<p><strong>In cooperation with<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Author &amp; Director<\/strong><br \/>\nEva Weber<\/p>\n<p><strong>In association with<\/strong><br \/>\nCurzon CM Development, a Curzon Cineart Madman company UK Global Screen Fund<\/p>\n<p><strong>Funding<br \/>\n<\/strong>This film was supported by grants from The Rogovy Foundation, the InMaat Foundation and the Khodorkovsky Foundation<br \/>\nScreen Scotland Lottery Funded<br \/>\nSupported by the Scottish Government and the National Lottery through Screen Scotland<br \/>\nCINETIC<br \/>\nUTAH FILM CENTER<br \/>\nCurzon CM Fund<br \/>\nMade with funds awarded by the UK Global Screen Fund \u2013 a DCMS fund administered by the BFI[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column disable_custom_paddings_mobile=&#8221;true&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591352720872{padding-right: 50px !important;padding-left: 70px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #808080;\">Foto <span class=\"st\">\u00a9<\/span> SZ Photos<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,163,165,191,203,202,196],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - 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