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Willy Brandt (born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; German pronunciation: [ˈvɪli ˈbʁant]; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician, Mayor of West Berlin 1957–1966, Chancellor of West Germany 1969–1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) 1964–1987.
Brandt's most important legacy was Ostpolitik, a policy aimed at improving relations with East Germany, Poland, and the Soviet Union. This policy caused considerable controversy in West Germany, but won Brandt the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971.
In 1974, Brandt resigned as Chancellor after Günter Guillaume, one of his closest aides, was exposed as an agent of the Stasi, the East German secret service.
Willy Brandt was born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in the Free City of Lübeck (German Empire) to Martha Frahm, an unwed mother who worked as a cashier for a department store. His father was an accountant from Hamburg named John Möller, whom Brandt never met. As his mother worked six days a week, he was mainly brought up by his mother's stepfather Ludwig Frahm and his second wife Dora.
Actors: Emilia Fox (actress), Maureen Lipman (actress), Peter Bowles (actor), Michael Sheen (actor), Jonathan Pryce (actor), Rupert Graves (actor), Richard Wilson (actor), Rory Bremner (actor), Richard Attenborough (actor), Warren Mitchell (actor), John Hurt (actor), Charles Dance (actor), Jeremy Irons (actor), Vanessa Redgrave (actress), Siân Phillips (actress),
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Siemen Rühaak (actor), Dieter Pfaff (actor), Michael Mendl (actor), Martin Lüttge (actor), Ulrich Mühe (actor), Rudolf Kowalski (actor), Siegfried Kernen (actor), Dieter Kirchlechner (actor), Michael Brandner (actor), Michael Gahr (actor), Matthias Brandt (actor), Robert Giggenbach (actor), Heinz-Josef Braun (actor), Johanna Gastdorf (actress), Jürgen Hentsch (actor),
Plot: 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.
Keywords: 1970s, based-on-true-story, betrayal, bodyguard, cold-war, crisis, election-campaign, espionage, family-relationships, german-politicsActors: Lena Stolze (actress), Horst Königstein (producer), Ulrich Tukur (actor), Gustav-Peter Wöhler (actor), Gennadi Vengerov (actor), Lotte Loebinger (actress), Ulrike Kriener (actress), Ulrich Mühe (actor), Heinz Baumann (actor), Hans-Michael Rehberg (actor), Udo Samel (actor), Hans Peter Hallwachs (actor), Hermann Lause (actor), Horst Hiemer (actor), Peter Sodann (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama,