Am Abgrund

Am Abgrund

Thriller, TV Movie | March 1, 2024

Gerd Meineke is a committed member of the Bundestag and member of the Parliamentary Assembly in the Council of Europe. And he has a problem: Leyla, the daughter of his partner Alina, was taken into custody as an opposition figure in her country of origin, Azerbaijan. The blogger fights there for democracy and against environmental destruction. Gerd travels to Baku as an election observer for the Council of Europe, where he wants to campaign for the release of Leyla and other political prisoners. Only on site does he realize that the government and the lobbyists of influential companies are using politicians like him to gain credibility for the ruthless, environmentally destructive extraction of critical raw materials. Leyla and her friend Valentina open his eyes to the extent of corruption that does not stop at Western European politicians. Will Gerd, together with Leyla and the help of her friend, be able to make the corruption of politics public?

Am Abgrund

Thriller, TV Movie | March 1, 2024

Am Abgrund
Gerd Meineke is a committed member of the Bundestag and member of the Parliamentary Assembly in the Council of Europe. And he has a problem: Leyla, the daughter of his partner Alina, was taken into custody as an opposition figure in her country of origin, Azerbaijan. The blogger fights there for democracy and against environmental destruction. Gerd travels to Baku as an election observer for the Council of Europe, where he wants to campaign for the release of Leyla and other political prisoners. Only on site does he realize that the government and the lobbyists of influential companies are using politicians like him to gain credibility for the ruthless, environmentally destructive extraction of critical raw materials. Leyla and her friend Valentina open his eyes to the extent of corruption that does not stop at Western European politicians. Will Gerd, together with Leyla and the help of her friend, be able to make the corruption of politics public?
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Südwestrundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Saarländischer Rundfunk, DIWA Film GmbH
Original title Am Abgrund
Directors Daniel Harrich
Writers Daniel Harrich

Cast

Hans-Jochen Wagner

as Gerd Meineke

Jasmin Tabatabai

as Alina Kasparjan

Luna Jordan

as Leyla Kasparjan

Alina Levshin

as Valentina Akhmedowa

Heiner Lauterbach

as Herbert Pfleiderer

Navid Negahban

as Tofik Gasimov

Johanna-Christine Gehlen

as Kerstin Strauch

Axel Milberg

as Konrad Günther

Janina Hartwig

as Dahlia Cremona

Sebastian Bezzel

as Klaus Grothoff

Martin Brambach

as Andreas

Christine Sommer

as Andrea