Birgit Schulz' "Die Anwälte - Eine deutsche Geschichte" is a German 90-minute documentary movie from 7 years ago that focuses on the lives and careers of Otto Schily, Hans-Christian Ströbele and Horst Mahler. I am pretty sure that people abroad without an interest in politics have probably not even heard about one of them, but here all three are fairly well known, now around the age of 80 and still working, even if probably not as hard anymore as they did in their younger years. The three are united with their lawyer background and their connection in terms of who they supported during the days of the RAF terror in Germany in the 1970s. All of them had a fairly left-wing background, though not really a radical, apart from Mahler maybe.
But afterward, their lives went into very different directions. Schily adjusted a lot and became one of the defining figures in German politics during his prime, Ströbele always stayed a bit of a rebel and stayed with the Green Party which may have cost him a bigger career, but fut his ideals the best and Mahler totally changed directions by supporting the extreme right these days. I think it is a fulfilling watch for everybody with an interest in German politics as the trio depicted in here have had quite exceptional careers in the last 50 years and regardless of what they support a lot happened in their lives, so this is never a boring watch. I also liked how they took the chronological path. I recommend checking it out. It is probably not so easy anymore to get a hand on this movie, but I guess it may be shown on television occasionally. Give it a go, you will not be disappointed. I watched this the first time when it came to theaters a couple years ago, but it is still strong on rewatch and also nothing you inevitable have to see on the very big screen and on the very big screen only.
But afterward, their lives went into very different directions. Schily adjusted a lot and became one of the defining figures in German politics during his prime, Ströbele always stayed a bit of a rebel and stayed with the Green Party which may have cost him a bigger career, but fut his ideals the best and Mahler totally changed directions by supporting the extreme right these days. I think it is a fulfilling watch for everybody with an interest in German politics as the trio depicted in here have had quite exceptional careers in the last 50 years and regardless of what they support a lot happened in their lives, so this is never a boring watch. I also liked how they took the chronological path. I recommend checking it out. It is probably not so easy anymore to get a hand on this movie, but I guess it may be shown on television occasionally. Give it a go, you will not be disappointed. I watched this the first time when it came to theaters a couple years ago, but it is still strong on rewatch and also nothing you inevitable have to see on the very big screen and on the very big screen only.
