As a 25-year-old legal trainee Sebastian Haffner experienced the assumption of power of Hitler in Berlin in 1933. He became a witness of a dramatic upheaval which changed also his life fundamentally. His best friend had to emigrate hastily, the love to a young Jewish woman broke up. Haffner himself could avoid the whirlpool from terror and seduction less and less. His life became a dangerous tightrope walk between adaptation and refusal. He emigrated to England in 1938. Decades after the war he was one of the most famous journalists of the Bonn republic.
Released: Jan 01, 2012
Runtime: 44 minutes
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Ludwig Blochberger, Michael Mendl, Sybille Weiser, Jannik Büddig, Andrea Quirbach
Crew: Gordian Maugg (Director), Frank Amann (Director of Photography), Hennes Grossmann (Producer), Andrzej Klamt (Producer)