The Lawyers
“A German Story”
2009•1h 32m•5.7•Released
Documentary
In the early 1970s, Otto Schily and Hans-Christian Ströbele were part of the group of attorneys of the left-wing extraparliamentary opposition in Germany. In this function, they, for instance, represented the militant Horst Mahler in court. One thing that united all three of them was their goal to create a new and different republic. They viewed Federal Germany as an oppressor of political freedom and as a vassal of the United States. Today, Schily is a former Federal Minister of the Interior with a firmly conservative stance and Ströbele is a well-respected member of the left wing of the Green Party in the German parliament while Mahler has again come into conflict with the law because of his extremist right-wing activities.
Director
Birgit Schulz
Writer
Birgit Schulz
Languages
German
Studio
Bildersturm
Cast
Horst Mahler
Self
Otto Schily
Self
Hans-Christian Ströbele
Self
Production
Company
Bildersturm
Company
NDR
Recommended
6.9
What Is a Woman?
2022
6.4
Fuck
2006
7.1
Get Me Roger Stone
2017
6.1
South of the Border
2009
7.5
RBG
2018
7.2
The Curse of the Dragon
1993
7.3
The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
2012
6.4
A Toxic Love Story
2026
7.3
The Pervert's Guide to Cinema
2006
7.5
50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments
2011
7.5
The Red Pill
2016
8
My Mom Jayne
2025
7.1
Deliver Us from Evil
2006
6.9
Sidney
2022
6.3
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper
2020
7.2
In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
6.6
The September Issue
2009
6.2
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
2025
7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
7.2
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
2022
Similar Movies
6.9
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale
2006
7.5
Die geheime Welt der Superreichen - Das Milliardenspiel
2023
8.3
Night and Fog
1956
A Losing Game
2025
Unsere Städte nach '45
2017
6
The Seoul Guardians
2026
Kiss 25 Goodbye
1991
10
What I Learned About US Foreign Policy
2003
6.7
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
2006
10
Le syndrome d'Unspunnen
2023
7.9
Our President
2017
La petite prison dans la prairie
2023
1
Leninland
2013
8.5
In France with Madonna
2022
7
The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak
1975
Blueberry Soup
2013
6
Ainsi soit Macron
2017
6.6
Emmanuel Macron: Behind the Rise
2017
1000 Years of Wellerstadt
2007
Someone Else's Country
1996