Herrhausen – The Banker and the Bomb

Herrhausen – Der Herr des Geldes

Séries Mania 2024

International Competition

International premiere

Thriller - Political - Biopic | Germany | 2023

Screened episode(s) : 1 & 2
Format : 4 x 50min

Despite a growing number of enemies and a target on his back, CEO of Deutsche Bank, Alfred Herrhausen has a vision to provide debt relief to the world’s poorest countries and broker a government-backed billion-dollar loan to the nearly bankrupt Soviet Union. By helping Gorbatchov Chancellor Kohl pursue the plan to bring the wall down; Herrhausen wants to open up new markets with NATOs biggest enemy. With the CIA, KGB, East Berlin and the RAF all watching his every move, the clock is ticking towards the banker’s own tragic downfall…

Our take

A spectacular biopic about Alfred Herrhausen, the series relates the dangerous rise of this visionary banker during the 1980s, when Germany was split between East and West. Brilliantly portrayed by Oliver Masucci (Dark), Herrhausen – the Banker and the Bomb is a gripping, fast-paced thriller.

Written By Thomas WENDRICH
Directed By Pia STRIETMANN
Director of photography Florian Emmerich
Music Martina EISENREICH
With Oliver MASUCCI, Julia KOSCHITZ, Sasha NATHAN, David SCHÜTTER, Ursula STRAUSS, August ZIRNER, Lisa VICARI, Thomas LOIBL, Yousef SWEID, Dov GLICKMAN
Production Sperl Film- und Fernsehproduktion, X-Filme Creative Pool, BESIDE PRODUCTIONS, Avriofilms
Broadcaster ARD
International sales FREMANTLE
Producers & commisioners Marc Grewe, Glady Brookfield-Hamson (Line Producer) Christer von Lindquist (Executive Producer) Till Derenbach (Co-Producer) Gabriela Sperl (productrice/producer), Claudia Luzius, Christoph Pellander, Thomas Schreiber ( commissioners ARD)