In the Grip of Gazprom

In the Grip of Gazprom

The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become on Russian gas imports for decades and what Vladimir Putin was up to. However, no country needs more gas than Germany. It was only after Russia's invasion of the Ukraine that the German government realized that Russia had long used gas as a weapon to impose its will on states. The instrument created for this purpose is the natural gas production company GAZPROM. So how did Germany become so dependent on Russian gas? The documentary shows how, over several decades and several changes of government, a broad alliance of politicians and business representatives did everything possible to secure Germany's energy supply with cheap Russian gas, while the Kremlin's foreign policy became increasingly aggressive and the warnings of experts went unheeded.

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Made in DE

8/10

2023

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Cast

Alexander Scheer

Alexander Scheer

As Self - Narrator (voice)

Jürgen Hambrecht

Jürgen Hambrecht

As Self - Interviewee

Wolfgang Ischinger

Wolfgang Ischinger

As Self - Interviewee

Radoslaw Sikorski

Radoslaw Sikorski

As Self - Interviewee

Andriy Kobolyev

Andriy Kobolyev

As Self - Interviewee

Angela Stent

Angela Stent

As Self - Interviewee

Martin Schulz

Martin Schulz

As Self - Interviewee

David L. Goldwin

David L. Goldwin

As Self - Interviewee

Matthias Warnig

Matthias Warnig

As Self - Interviewee

Margarita M. Balmaceda

Margarita M. Balmaceda

As Self - Interviewee

Frank Umbach

Frank Umbach

As Self - Interviewee

Jonathan Stern

Jonathan Stern

As Self - Interviewee

Alexey Venediktov

Alexey Venediktov

As Self - Interviewee

Richard Anderson

Richard Anderson

As Self - Interviewee

Daniel Yergin

Daniel Yergin

As Self - Interviewee

Don Carlos

Don Carlos

As Self - Interviewee

Guy Chazan

Guy Chazan

As Self - Interviewee

Bill Browder

Bill Browder

As Self - Interviewee

Simon Chadwick

Simon Chadwick

As Self - Interviewee

Heather Conlay

Heather Conlay

As Self - Interviewee

Benjamin Schmitt

Benjamin Schmitt

As Self - Interviewee

Jens Høvsgaard

Jens Høvsgaard

As Self - Interviewee

Suriya Jayanti

Suriya Jayanti

As Self - Interviewee

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

As Self (archive footage)

Gerhard Schröder

Gerhard Schröder

As Self (archive footage)

Alexey Miller

Alexey Miller

As Self (archive footage)

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

As Self (archive footage)

Anna Politkovskaya

Anna Politkovskaya

As Self (archive footage)

Alexander Litvinenko

Alexander Litvinenko

As Self (archive footage)

Mikhail Saakashvili

Mikhail Saakashvili

As Self (archive footage)

Leonid Kravchuk

Leonid Kravchuk

As Self (archive footage)

Viktor Yushchenko

Viktor Yushchenko

As Self (archive footage)

Sergey Kupriyanov

Sergey Kupriyanov

As Self (archive footage)

Alexander Medvedev

Alexander Medvedev

As Self (archive footage)

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

As Self (archive footage)

Friedrich Späth

Friedrich Späth

As Self (archive footage)

Martin Bartenstein

Martin Bartenstein

As Self (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

As Self (archive footage)

Faisal Islam

Faisal Islam

As Self (archive footage)

Thomas Reed

Thomas Reed

As Self (archive footage)

Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen

Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen

As Self (archive footage)

Zhanna Nemtsova

Zhanna Nemtsova

As Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

As Self (archive footage)

Angela Merkel

Angela Merkel

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dmitry Medvedev

Dmitry Medvedev

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Helmut Kohl

Helmut Kohl

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Boris Yeltsin

Boris Yeltsin

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Konrad Adenauer

Konrad Adenauer

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Willy Brandt

Willy Brandt

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Helmut Schmidt

Helmut Schmidt

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

King Charles III of the United Kingdom

King Charles III of the United Kingdom

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

George W. Bush

George W. Bush

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

John McCain

John McCain

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Göran Persson

Göran Persson

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Paavo Lipponen

Paavo Lipponen

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Viktor Yanukovych

Viktor Yanukovych

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Michael Glos

Michael Glos

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Wulf-Hinrich Bernotat

Wulf-Hinrich Bernotat

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hans Friderichs

Hans Friderichs

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Dmytro Firtash

Dmytro Firtash

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Valentin Falin

Valentin Falin

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

William J. Casey

William J. Casey

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Burckhard Bergmann

Burckhard Bergmann

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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