About In the Grip of Gazprom
- Released on February 07, 2023
The war in the Ukraine has changed the way many European countries view Russian politics. Suddenly it became clear how dependent countries had become on Russian gas imports for decades and what Vladimir Putin was up to. However, no country needs more gas than Germany. It was only after Russia's invasion of the Ukraine that the German government realized that Russia had long used gas as a weapon to impose its will on states. The instrument created for this purpose is the natural gas production company GAZPROM. So how did Germany become so dependent on Russian gas? The documentary shows how, over several decades and several changes of government, a broad alliance of politicians and business representatives did everything possible to secure Germany's energy supply with cheap Russian gas, while the Kremlin's foreign policy became increasingly aggressive and the warnings of experts went unheeded.
Full Cast of In the Grip of Gazprom
Alexander Scheer plays Self - Narrator (voice)
Jürgen Hambrecht plays Self - Interviewee
Wolfgang Ischinger plays Self - Interviewee
Radoslaw Sikorski plays Self - Interviewee
Andriy Kobolyev plays Self - Interviewee
Angela Stent plays Self - Interviewee
Martin Schulz plays Self - Interviewee
David L. Goldwin plays Self - Interviewee
Matthias Warnig plays Self - Interviewee
Margarita M. Balmaceda plays Self - Interviewee
Frank Umbach plays Self - Interviewee
Jonathan Stern plays Self - Interviewee
Alexey Venediktov plays Self - Interviewee
Richard Anderson plays Self - Interviewee
Daniel Yergin plays Self - Interviewee
Don Carlos plays Self - Interviewee
Guy Chazan plays Self - Interviewee
Bill Browder plays Self - Interviewee
Simon Chadwick plays Self - Interviewee
Heather Conlay plays Self - Interviewee
Benjamin Schmitt plays Self - Interviewee
Jens Høvsgaard plays Self - Interviewee
Suriya Jayanti plays Self - Interviewee
Vladimir Putin plays Self (archive footage)
Gerhard Schröder plays Self (archive footage)
Alexey Miller plays Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Khodorkovsky plays Self (archive footage)
Anna Politkovskaya plays Self (archive footage)
Alexander Litvinenko plays Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Saakashvili plays Self (archive footage)
Leonid Kravchuk plays Self (archive footage)
Viktor Yushchenko plays Self (archive footage)
Sergey Kupriyanov plays Self (archive footage)
Alexander Medvedev plays Self (archive footage)
Frank-Walter Steinmeier plays Self (archive footage)
Friedrich Späth plays Self (archive footage)
Martin Bartenstein plays Self (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton plays Self (archive footage)
Faisal Islam plays Self (archive footage)
Thomas Reed plays Self (archive footage)
Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen plays Self (archive footage)
Zhanna Nemtsova plays Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan plays Self (archive footage)
Angela Merkel plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dmitry Medvedev plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Helmut Kohl plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boris Yeltsin plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Konrad Adenauer plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Willy Brandt plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Helmut Schmidt plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mikhail Gorbachev plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nikita Khrushchev plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
King Charles III of the United Kingdom plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Margaret Thatcher plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
George W. Bush plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John McCain plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Condoleezza Rice plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Göran Persson plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paavo Lipponen plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lech Wałęsa plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Viktor Yanukovych plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Karin Kneissl plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Glos plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wulf-Hinrich Bernotat plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hans Friderichs plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dmytro Firtash plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Valentin Falin plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
William J. Casey plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Burckhard Bergmann plays Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew of In the Grip of Gazprom
Sound
Directing
Writing
Camera
Production
Crew
Editing
- Alexander Scheer
- Jürgen Hambrecht
- Wolfgang Ischinger
- Radoslaw Sikorski
- Andriy Kobolyev
- Angela Stent
- Martin Schulz
- David L. Goldwin
- Matthias Warnig
- Margarita M. Balmaceda
- Frank Umbach
- Jonathan Stern
- Alexey Venediktov
- Richard Anderson
- Daniel Yergin
- Don Carlos
- Guy Chazan
- Bill Browder
- Simon Chadwick
- Heather Conlay
- Benjamin Schmitt
- Jens Høvsgaard
- Suriya Jayanti
- Vladimir Putin
- Gerhard Schröder
- Alexey Miller
- Mikhail Khodorkovsky
- Anna Politkovskaya
- Alexander Litvinenko
- Mikhail Saakashvili
- Leonid Kravchuk
- Viktor Yushchenko
- Sergey Kupriyanov
- Alexander Medvedev
- Frank-Walter Steinmeier
- Friedrich Späth
- Martin Bartenstein
- Hillary Clinton
- Faisal Islam
- Thomas Reed
- Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen
- Zhanna Nemtsova
- Ronald Reagan
- Angela Merkel
- Dmitry Medvedev
- Helmut Kohl
- Boris Yeltsin
- Konrad Adenauer
- Willy Brandt
- Helmut Schmidt
- John F. Kennedy
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Nikita Khrushchev
- King Charles III of the United Kingdom
- Margaret Thatcher
- George W. Bush
- John McCain
- Condoleezza Rice
- Göran Persson
- Paavo Lipponen
- Lech Wałęsa
- Viktor Yanukovych
- Karin Kneissl
- Michael Glos
- Wulf-Hinrich Bernotat
- Hans Friderichs
- Dmytro Firtash
- Valentin Falin
- William J. Casey
- Burckhard Bergmann