Under the slogan of the arms race of the superpowers, which escalates in the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and brings the world to the brink of nuclear war, two exemplary post-war male figures challenge an almost archaic feud: Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss and journalist Rudolf Augstein.
Acting
Rudolph and Fulton-Smith devour scenery like it's 1962.
Production
Recreated newsrooms feel authentically nicotine-stained.
Director
Roland Suso Richter
Sebastian Rudolph
Rudolf Augstein
Francis Fulton-Smith
Franz Josef Strauß
David Rott
Conrad Ahlers
Johann von Bülow
Hans Detlef Becker
Franz Dinda
Claus Jacobi
Max Hopp
Leo Brawand
Alexander Held
Siegfried Buback
Nora Waldstätten
Elke Maria Carlsson
Franziska Schlattner
Marianne Strauß
Otto Mellies
Konrad Adenauer
Michael Schönborn
Volkmar Hopf
Gesine Cukrowski
Katharina Augstein
André Hennicke
Josef Augstein
Henning Baum
Oberst Martin
Sabrina Rattey
Frau Jacobi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The actual 'Spiegel Affair' of 1962 nearly toppled Adenauer's government and remains a defining moment for German press freedom.
Strauss's obsession with Augstein mirrored his broader insecurity—he craved intellectual respect from circles that fundamentally despised him.
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