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Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (German pronunciation: [ˈkɔnʁaːt ˈhɛɐman ˈjoːzɛf ˈaːdənaʊɐ]; 5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman. As Chancellor of Germany (West Germany) from 1949 to 1963, he led his country from the ruins of World War II to a powerful and prosperous nation that forged close relations with old enemies France and the United States. In his years in power Germany achieved prosperity, democracy, stability and respect. He was the first chancellor (head of government) of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, called West Germany), 1949–63. He was the first leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), a coalition of Catholics and Protestants that under his leadership became and has since remained the most dominant in Germany.
Adenauer, dubbed "Der Alte" ("the old one"), belied his age as the oldest elected leader in world history by his intense work habits and his uncanny political instinct. He displayed a strong dedication to a broad vision of democracy, capitalism, and anti-Communism. A shrewd politician, Adenauer was deeply committed to a Western-oriented foreign policy and restoring the position of West Germany on the world stage. He worked to restore the West German economy from the destruction in World War II to a central position in Europe, rebuilt its army and came to terms with France, helped make possible Western European unification, opposed rival East Germany, and made his nation a member of NATO and a firm ally of the United States.
Actors: Lena Stolze (actress), Iris Berben (actress), Rudolf Kowalski (actor), Dietrich Mattausch (actor), Max von Thun (actor), Walter Sittler (actor), Klaus Mikoleit (actor), Jochen Kolenda (actor), Felix Vörtler (actor), Anna Maria Mühe (actress), Mark Janicello (actor), Erica van Moeller (director),
Genres: History,Actors: Francis Fulton-Smith (actor), Gesine Cukrowski (actress), Otto Mellies (actor), André Hennicke (actor), Gabriela Sperl (producer), Michael Schönborn (actor), Gerald Alexander Held (actor), Johann von Bülow (actor), Gernot Zeglien (miscellaneous crew), Quirin Berg (producer), Henning Baum (actor), Marion Gerhardt (miscellaneous crew), Roland Suso Richter (director), Franziska Schlattner (actress), Franz Dinda (actor),
Genres: History,Actors: Joachim Bißmeier (actor), Pierre Shrady (actor), Stephan Brüggenthies (writer), Uwe Kersken (producer), Ian T. Dickinson (actor), Johannes Zirner (actor), Carolina Vera (actress), Markus Lehmann-Horn (composer), Stefan Schneider (director), Georg B. Lenzen (actor), Werner Biermann (writer), Josef van Ooyen (editor), Bernhard Ulrich (actor), Walter Sucher (producer), Claudia Sarbu (costume designer),
Genres: Biography,Actors: Ernst Stankovski (actor), Stephan Grossmann (actor), Thomas Schadt (director), Jürgen Heinrich (actor), Jürgen Hentsch (actor), Hans-Michael Rehberg (actor), Thomas Schadt (writer), Nico Hofmann (producer), Renée Soutendijk (actress), Erick Desmarestz (actor), Thomas Thieme (actor), Gerd Wameling (actor), Rainer Sellien (actor), Claus Theo Gärtner (actor), Roland Gerhardt (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Jean Musy (composer), Fabien Pondevaux (miscellaneous crew), Vania Vilers (actor), Fritz von Friedl (actor), Perrine Fontaine (miscellaneous crew), Patrick Pechoux (miscellaneous crew), Hans Meyer (actor), Marc Chapiteau (actor), François Marthouret (actor), Yves Pignot (actor), Arnauld de Battice (producer), Christine Boisson (actress), Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu (actor), Joelle Tercinet (miscellaneous crew), Yves Swennen (producer),
Plot: It's May 1950, just before the now-famous Robert Schuman Declaration. Schuman was the French Foreign Minister, who brokered friendly Franco-German Relations after 3 large-scale wars between the two European powers within 70 years brought havoc to Europe regularly. A year after the German Federal Republic (West) was established with Anglo-Franco-American agreement in 1949, the 1950 Declaration, which included the Benelux countries as well, created a West European Customs & Trade Zone. They later added a few more countries to become the European Economic Community, then after two enlargements in the 1980s and 1990s became the EU - the European Union, now expanded significantly larger in area, population, and in economic unity. In the first decade of this century, the EU has again been enlarged twice - the last in 2007 adding Romania and Bulgaria. This story of the EU's origins is told through the chance encounter of a young couple: Jean Monnet, a journalist from the Stuttgarter Zeitung, and the French Marie. They believe in a Union of Western Europe, and help in their own ways to bring the idea about,and change Europe's history forever - up to today, in any case. Later on, Monnet would be Robert Schuman's ally in the quest for peace and reconciliation across the continent. This film by Franck Apprederis was produced as part of the 50th Anniversary Commemorations of the European Union.
Keywords: european-union, journalist, post-world-war-twoActors: Philipp Sonntag (actor), Mark Zak (actor), Ernst-Georg Schwill (actor), Michael Greiling (actor), Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey (actor), Horst-Günter Marx (actor), Claude-Oliver Rudolph (actor), Sylvester Groth (actor), Jürgen Hentsch (actor), Hans-Peter Korff (actor), Karl Kranzkowski (actor), Werner Dissel (actor), Matthias Fuchs (actor), Heiner Lauterbach (actor), Anica Dobra (actress),
Genres: Biography, Drama,