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About
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.
Director
Studio
Wiedemann & Berg Film, WDR, Telepool, ARTE, ARD
Original Title
Die Spiegel-Affäre
Original Language
German
Cast
Full credits →S
Sebastian Rudolph
Rudolf Augstein
F
Francis Fulton-Smith
Franz Josef Strauß
D
David Rott
Conrad Ahlers
J
Johann von Bülow
Hans Detlef Becker
F
Franz Dinda
Claus Jacobi
M
Max Hopp
Leo Brawand
A
Alexander Held
Siegfried Buback
N
Nora Waldstätten
Elke Maria Carlsson
F
Franziska Schlattner
Marianne Strauß
O
Otto Mellies
Konrad Adenauer
M
Michael Schönborn
Volkmar Hopf
G
Gesine Cukrowski
Katharina Augstein
A
André Hennicke
Josef Augstein
H
Henning Baum
Oberst Martin
S
Sabrina Rattey
Frau Jacobi
F
Franziska Breite
Sekretärin
R
Ralf Dittrich
Hans Globke
