
In the Shadow of Power
The movie depicts the final days of Willy Brandt as the chancellor of Germany in 1974. It shows how his advisor Guillaume was responsible for Brandt's fall and how political interests by other colleague further lead to the end of Brandt's career.
Cast

Michael Mendl
Willy Brandt

Jürgen Hentsch
Herbert Wehner

Dieter Pfaff
Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Matthias Brandt
Günter Guillaume

Barbara Rudnik
Rut Brandt
Michael Quast
Günter Nollau

Rudolf Kowalski
Egon Bahr

Ulrich Mühe
Günther Gaus

Markus Boysen
Helmut Schmidt

Felix von Manteuffel
Walter Scheel

Ann-Kathrin Kramer
Geliebte

Felix Eitner
Schrader

Friederike Wagner
Anne Braun

Jörg Gudzuhn
Manne Schacht
Wolfgang Grindemann
Arno

Michael Brandner
Holger Börner

Patricia Hirschbichler
Greta Burmester

Christiane Lemm
Mildred Scheel

Robert Giggenbach
Horst Ehmke

Martin Lüttge
Horst Herold


