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Gerd Meineke is a committed member of the Bundestag and member of the Parliamentary Assembly in the Council of Europe. And he has a problem: Leyla, the daughter of his partner Alina, was taken into custody as an opposition figure in her country of origin, Azerbaijan. The blogger fights there for democracy and against environmental destruction. Gerd travels to Baku as an election observer for the Council of Europe, where he wants to campaign for the release of Leyla and other political prisoners. Only on site does he realize that the government and the lobbyists of influential companies are using politicians like him to gain credibility for the ruthless, environmentally destructive extraction of critical raw materials. Leyla and her friend Valentina open his eyes to the extent of corruption that does not stop at Western European politicians. Will Gerd, together with Leyla and the help of her friend, be able to make the corruption of politics public?Read moreLess
Gerd Meineke is a committed member of the Bundestag and member of the Parliamentary Assembly in the Council of Europe. And he has a problem: Leyla, the daughter of his partner Alina, was taken into custody as an opposition figure in her country of origin, Azerbaijan. The blogger fights there for democracy and against environmental destruction. Gerd travels to Baku as an election observer for the Council of Europe, where he wants to campaign for the release of Leyla and other political prisoners. Only on site does he realize that the government and the lobbyists of influential companies are using politicians like him to gain credibility for the ruthless, environmentally destructive extraction of critical raw materials. Leyla and her friend Valentina open his eyes to the extent of corruption that does not stop at Western European politicians. Will Gerd, together with Leyla and the help of her friend, be able to make the corruption of politics public?
The story
Gerd Meineke is a committed member of the Bundestag and member of the Parliamentary Assembly in the Council of Europe. And he has a problem: Leyla, the daughter of his partner Alina, was taken into custody as an opposition figure in her country of origin, Azerbaijan. The blogger fights there for democracy and against environmental destruction. Gerd travels to Baku as an election observer for the Council of Europe, where he wants to campaign for the release of Leyla and other political prisoners. Only on site does he realize that the government and the lobbyists of influential companies are using politicians like him to gain credibility for the ruthless, environmentally destructive extraction of critical raw materials. Leyla and her friend Valentina open his eyes to the extent of corruption that does not stop at Western European politicians. Will Gerd, together with Leyla and the help of her friend, be able to make the corruption of politics public?
Cast & crew
Hans-Jochen WagnerGerd Meineke
Jasmin TabatabaiAlina Kasparjan
Luna JordanLeyla Kasparjan
Alina LevshinValentina Akhmedowa
Heiner LauterbachHerbert Pfleiderer
Navid NegahbanTofik Gasimov
Johanna-Christine GehlenKerstin Strauch
Axel MilbergKonrad Günther
Janina HartwigDahlia Cremona
Sebastian BezzelKlaus Grothoff
Martin BrambachAndreasExplore the crew
- Original Music Composer
- Jörg Lemberg
- Editor
- Constantin Dauch
- Director of Photography
- Daniel Harrich
- Director of Photography
- Walter Harrich
- Producer
- Jochen Kölsch
- Producer
- Danuta Harrich-Zandberg
- Producer
- Daniel Harrich
- Producer
- Walter Harrich
- Writer
- Daniel Harrich
- Director
- Daniel Harrich