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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Alexander ScheerSelf - Narrator (voice)
Radoslaw SikorskiSelf - Interviewee
Martin SchulzSelf - IntervieweeExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Christian Friedel
- Editor
- Arno Schumann
- Editor
- Hagen Schöne
- Director of Photography
- Konrad Kassing
- Director of Photography
- Gregor Perle
- Director
- Dirk Laabs
- Director of Photography
- Philipp Koepsell
- Producer
- Kay Siering
- Director of Photography
- Patrick Brandt
- Editor
- Jan Strauß
- Writer
- Dirk Laabs
- Director of Photography
- Holger Schnitzer
- Director of Photography
- Oliver Gurr
- Director of Photography
- Andrzej Król
- Director of Photography
- Dieter Stürmer
- Producer
- Matthias Greving
- Director of Photography
- Victor Coletta
- Director of Photography
- Axel Baumann