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Philipp Scheidemann (26 July 1865, Kassel, Electorate of Hesse – 29 November 1939, Copenhagen) was a German Social Democratic politician, who proclaimed the Republic on 9 November 1918, and who became the second Chancellor of the Weimar Republic.
He was by trade a printer, but in 1895 took to editing socialist newspapers, first at Giessen and afterwards successively at Nuremberg, Offenbach and Kassel. Scheidemann became a Reichstag delegate from Solingen for the Social Democrats in 1903, and soon rose to be one of the principal leaders of the party. During the First World War, Scheidemann, along with Friedrich Ebert was leader of the majority faction of the party, which continued to vote for war credits, limiting his opposition to the war to urging the negotiation of a compromise peace. In June 1918, Scheidemann was elected vice-president of the Reichstag. When the Social Democrats were included in the cabinet for the first time in Prince Max of Baden's government in October 1918, Scheidemann entered the government as a minister without portfolio.
Actors: Jürgen Tarrach (actor), Gojko Mitic (actor), Lars Rudolph (actor), Bernd Fischerauer (writer), Hannes Michael Schalle (composer), Bernd Fischerauer (director), Bernd Fischerauer (actor), Franz Buchrieser (actor), Johannes Silberschneider (actor), Julia Stemberger (actress), Frank Röth (actor), Wolfgang Hübsch (actor), Klaus Schindler (actor), Christian Hoening (actor), Barbara Philipp (actress),
Genres: Drama, History,Actors: Jürgen Tarrach (actor), Hans-Michael Rehberg (actor), Hannes Michael Schalle (composer), Bernd Fischerauer (actor), Bernd Fischerauer (writer), Bernd Fischerauer (director), Hans Schuler (actor), Michael Roll (actor), Marion Mitterhammer (actress), Katrin Pollitt (actress), Christian Hoening (actor), Thomas Oláh (costume designer), Holger Handtke (actor), Bibiana Beglau (actress), Klaus Gietinger (writer),
Plot: Germany, 1920. First World War is lost. The peace treaty of Versailles obliges Germany to reduce its army, the "Reichswehr" to 100,000 soldiers. Influencal groups of economists and military leaders connect in the "Nationalen Vereinigung" a national convention to plan the coup d'etat. Among them the chief of landscaping and member of the board of directors of the German Bank, Wolfgang Kapp and the highest ranked commanding General Walther, Freiherr von Lüttwitz. General Ludendorf, who used to be the chief of the Supreme Army Command during the World War, pulls the strings in he background by his middlemen Pabst and Colonel Bauer. When the government wanted to dissolve the "Brigade Ehrhardt", the most powerful Freikorps, General Lüttwitz disobeys this order and orders the troupes to march against the government in Berlin. The Government has to flee, first to Dresden, then to Stuttgart. Large parts of the army follow the putschists, who however, are not united themselves. First victim is Secretary of Finances Erzberger.
Genres: History,Actors: Jürgen Tarrach (actor), Bernd Fischerauer (director), Hans-Michael Rehberg (actor), Mathieu Carrière (actor), Hannes Michael Schalle (composer), Bernd Fischerauer (writer), Osman Ragheb (actor), Serge Avedikian (actor), Bruno F. Apitz (actor), Gerald Alexander Held (actor), Rainer Basedow (actor), Bernd Fischerauer (actor), Marion Mitterhammer (actress), Adriana Altaras (actress), Katrin Pollitt (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Dieter Wien (actor), Reiner Heise (actor), Klaus Mertens (actor), Bernd Wefelmeyer (composer), Frank Schenk (actor), Günter Schubert (actor), Klaus-Peter Thiele (actor), Simone von Zglinicki (actress), Jürgen Trott (actor), Gunter Friedrich (director), Gunter Friedrich (actor), Manfred Zetzsche (actor), Peter Reinhardt (actor), Hans Bentzien (writer),
Genres: History,Actors: Horst Beck (actor), Hans Paetsch (actor), Kurd Pieritz (actor), Hans Putz (actor), Kurt Rackelmann (actor), Joachim Rake (actor), Friedrich Schütter (actor), Herbert Tiede (actor), Tilo von Berlepsch (actor), Josef Dahmen (actor), Christian Doermer (actor), Günther Jerschke (actor), Richard Münch (actor), Manfred Reddemann (actor), Hermann Kugelstadt (director),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Friedrich W. Bauschulte (actor), Karl John (actor), Walter Jokisch (actor), Werner Kreindl (actor), Erik Ode (actor), Günter Pfitzmann (actor), Franz Schafheitlin (actor), Ernst Schröder (actor), Herbert Stass (actor), Ludwig Cremer (director), Hans Caninenberg (actor), Paul Dahlke (actor), Rudolf Fernau (actor), Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (actor), Hans W. Hamacher (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Dieter Borsche (actor), Kurd Pieritz (actor), Albert Venohr (actor), Heinz Weiss (actor), Paul May (director), Axel Eggebrecht (writer), Helmut Peine (actor), Martin Brandt (actor), Herbert Grünbaum (actor), Toni Herbert (actor), Gerhard Schinschke (actor), Gerd Prager (actor), Walter Tappe (actor), Bettina Schön (actress), Wolfgang Gunther (actor),
Genres: Drama,