One building survived empires, Nazis, and a wall—now it's watching YOU democracy.
Docudrama telling the story of a building with a breath taking career that began in the empire, flourished in the Weimar Republic, perished in the Nazi dictatorship, and was rebuilt after its partial destruction.
Production
Period recreations that actually look expensive.
Editing
Seamless jumps between eras without whiplash.
Director
Christoph Weinert
Dominik Bender
Graf von Westarp
Beat Marti
Paul Wallot
Mats Reinhardt
Philipp Scheidemann
Anna Thalbach
Anna Rehme
Maria Kempken
Ilse Dirksen
Sven Walser
Siegfried Loevy
Moritz Berg
Albert Loevy
David Schütter
Ferdinand Hardekopf
Delio Malär
Gaetano Negri
Günter Schaupp
Friedrich Ebert
Karoline Bär
Kaiserin
Jan Hasenfuß
Wilhelm II.
Hanns Jörg Krumpholz
Abgeordneter
Kerstin Römer
Kellnerin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The actual Reichstag was abandoned and graffitied by Soviet soldiers for decades—'Der Reichstag' was the first film allowed to shoot extensively inside after reunification.
Norman Foster's glass dome was controversial—conservatives hated its modernity, but it was designed so visitors literally look down on politicians working below. Shade as architecture.
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