Lothar de Maizière

On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, ordinary citizens from both sides discuss the historical moment and its impact on their lives.

Who is Angela Merkel? What motivates and inspires her? Merkel remains a puzzle to the German public, when, after ten years of carefully calculated steps, of "politics of hesitation", she takes unprecedented action during the European refugee crisis. This documentary follows her political biography - from an East German physicist to the most powerful woman in the world.