Die Spiegel-Affäre

Die Spiegel-Affäre

100 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | May 2, 2014

Under the slogan of the arms race of the superpowers, which escalates in the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and brings the world to the brink of nuclear war, two exemplary post-war male figures challenge an almost archaic feud: Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss and journalist Rudolf Augstein.

Die Spiegel-Affäre

100 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | May 2, 2014

Die Spiegel-Affäre
Under the slogan of the arms race of the superpowers, which escalates in the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and brings the world to the brink of nuclear war, two exemplary post-war male figures challenge an almost archaic feud: Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss and journalist Rudolf Augstein.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Wiedemann & Berg Film, ARTE, Telepool, ARD
Original title Die Spiegel-Affäre
Directors Roland Suso Richter
Writers Johannes W. Betz

Cast

Sebastian Rudolph

as Rudolf Augstein

Francis Fulton-Smith

as Franz Josef Strauß

David Rott

as Conrad Ahlers

Johann von Bülow

as Hans Detlef Becker

Franz Dinda

as Claus Jacobi

Max Hopp

as Leo Brawand

Alexander Held

as Siegfried Buback

Nora Waldstätten

as Elke Maria Carlsson

Franziska Schlattner

as Marianne Strauß

Otto Mellies

as Konrad Adenauer

Michael Schönborn

as Volkmar Hopf

Gesine Cukrowski

as Katharina Augstein

André Hennicke

as Josef Augstein

Henning Baum

as Oberst Martin

Sabrina Rattey

as Frau Jacobi

Franziska Breite

as Sekretärin

Ralf Dittrich

as Hans Globke