Wehner - the untold story

Movie
Original title	Wehner - the untold story
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1993
length	210 minutes
Rod
Director	Heinrich Breloer
script	Heinrich Breloer
production	Horst Koenigstein
music	Hans Peter Ströer
camera	Achim Poulheim
cut	Monika Bednarz
occupation
Ulrich Tukur : Herbert Wehner , young Heinz Baumann : Herbert Wehner, old Esther Hausmann : Lotte Loebinger Raidar Müller-Elmau : Erich Mühsam Barbara Nüsse : Zenzl Mühsam Peter Sodann : Wehner's father Heide Simon : Wehner's mother Lena Stolze : Lotte Bischoff Susanne Schäfer : Lotte Treuber Hans Peter Hallwachs : Willy Brandt Hermann Lause : Günther Nollau Hans-Michael Rehberg : Kurt Schumacher Roland Schäfer : Helmut Schmidt Udo Samel : Rainer Barzel Ulrike Kriener : Wibke Bruhns Wolfgang Michael : Heinz Neumann Gustav Peter Wöhler : KPD functionary Ulrich Mühe : Suicide

Wehner - the untold story is a two-part docu-drama by Heinrich Breloer from 1993. It tells of important stages in the life of the politician Herbert Wehner in replayed scenes, historical recordings and interview excerpts with contemporary witnesses .

The first part of the two-part film, Die Nacht von Münstereifel , mainly describes the political life and work of Wehner and other important political mandate holders such as Willy Brandt , Rainer Barzel and Helmut Schmidt in the 1960s and 1970s, in particular Wehner's role and conflicts in connection with it the resignation of Willy Brandt as Federal Chancellor .

The second part, Hotel Lux , sheds light on Wehner's younger years, from his early political involvement through his time in exile in Moscow to his emigration to and imprisonment in Sweden .

Awards

• 1993: Prix ​​Europa Special
• 1993: Adolf Grimme Prize to Heinrich Breloer
• 1993: Golden Gong to Heinrich Breloer (director) and Monika Bednarz (editor)
• 1993: DAG television award

Web links

• Wehner - the untold story in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Wehner - the untold story. In: prisma.de. prisma-Verlag , accessed on August 31, 2017 . 
• Wehner - the untold story in the lexicon of international film
• Anti-Prussian duty man . Der Spiegel from March 29, 1993

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Prix ​​Europa 1993 - Awards ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF, 700 kB), accessed on January 29, 2012