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…
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
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)
2 Screenings :
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