Power. By any means necessary.
This two-part, three-hour biography, offers an incisive portrait of Henry Kissinger, the enigmatic powerbroker who served in the topmost echelons of American diplomacy. Whether celebrated or reviled, Kissinger’s contradictions reflect those at the heart of America’s foreign policy during the second half of the 20th century, a period in which America became the unchallenged superpower in the world yet often pursued policy at odds with its own highest ideals.By examining his life up to and throughout his tortured relationship with President Richard Nixon, Kissinger endeavors to understand precisely what drove his relentless drive for power. It is a story of deep contradictions — of Kissinger’s obsession with securing American supremacy, staving off nuclear war, and checking the power of our enemies, even while consorting with dictators and tolerating widespread violation of human rights.
Made in US
10/10
2025
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Henry Kissinger
As Self (archival footage)
Scott Brick
As Henry Kissinger (voice)
Richard Nixon
As Self (archival footage)
Daniel Ellsberg
As Self (archival footage)
Christopher Hitchens
As Self (archival footage)
Niall Ferguson
As Self
Fareed Zakaria
As Self
Richard Haass
As Self
Roham Alvandi
As Self
Jeremi Suri
As Self
David Kissinger
As Self
Thomas Schwartz
As Self
Angus Reilly
As Self
John Negroponte
As Self
Elizabeth Becker
As Self
Greg Grandin
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Sam Hoskinson
As Self
Barbara Keys
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Carolyn Eisenberg
As Self
Roger Morris
As Self
Hedrick Smith
As Self
Anthony Lake
As Self
Sally Quinn
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Khatharya Um
As Self
Robert Brigham
As Self
John Farrell
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Winston Lord
As Self
Sophal Ear
As Self
Sarah B Snyder
As Self
Morton Halperin
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Ben Rhodes
As Self
Jianying Zha
As Self
Raad Rahman
As Self
W. Scott Butcher
As Self
Gary Bass
As Self
Juan Gabriel Valdés
As Self
Peter Kornbluh
As Self
Ariel Dorfman
As Self
Kyle Burke
As Self
Salim Yaqub
As Self
William Quandt
As Self
Lien-Hang Nguyen
As Self
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