Director/Script: Oliver Storz
Photography: Hans Grimmelmann
Editor: Heidi Handorf
Music: Klaus Doldinger
Sound: Wolfgang Wirtz, Frank Lehner
Casting: Sabine Schroth
Historical Adviser: Hermann Schreiber
Principal Cast: Michael Mendl, Jürgen Hentsch, Barbara Rudnik, Dieter Pfaff, Matthias Brandt, Michael Quast, Rudolf Kowalski, Ulrich Mühe, Markus Boysen, Felix von Manteuffel, Jörg Gudzuhn and as guest Ann-Kathrin Kramer
Produced by Regina Ziegler
Line Producer: Winka Wulff
Production Supervisor: Hartmut Köhler
Programme Executive NDR: Doris J. Heinze
Programme Executive MDR: Wolfgang Voigt
Production: ZIEGLER FILM GmbH & Co. KG in co-production with NDR, MDR, ARTE supported by nordmedia Fonds GmbH
Distribution: Telepool GmbH
Tel: 0049 89 558 760
Fax: 0049 89 558 761 18
Selected Filmography Oliver Storz: Der Stadtbrand, 1984; Beinah Trinidad, 1985; Das Viereck, 1987; Ein nahliegender Mord, 1988;
Der Unschuldsengel, 1992; Christinas Seitensprung, 1993; Drei Tage im April, 1994; Gegen Ende der Nacht, 1998.
May 1974: Willy Brandt resigns as German Chancellor two weeks after his speaker Günter Guillaume is outed as an East German spy. In just 14 days, an historical drama featuring power and betrayal, corruptibility as well as high principles is played out. With an excellent acting ensemble featuring Michael Mendl, director Oliver Storz convincingly reawakens the Zeitgeist. Relying completely on the aura of his performers, he portrays, with chamber theatre-like intensity, the end of an era as reflected in the mirror of personal tragedy. With “Im Schatten der Macht”, Storz succeeds in moving beyond the realm of a history lesson to create a moving human and political parable.