Part 10: William and the World explains how Hohenzollern Emperor William II – unlike Otto von Bismarck – wanted to make the German Empire a world power. The First World War demonstrated once again that Germany could only survive if it lived in peaceful co-existence with Europe, not if it opposed it. The founders of the Weimar Republic faced the same challenge.
WRITER: Ricarda Schlosshan DIRECTOR (SCE.): Olaf Götz, Fridtjof Grüsser DIRECTOR (DOC.): Erica von Moeller, Stephan Koester CAMERA (SCE.): Matthias Haedecke, Jan Prillwitz CAMERA (DOC.): Jörg Adams, Sias van Zyl, Ralf Grabowski EDITOR: Timothy McLeish, Peter Boris Hassmann MUSIC: Markus Lonardoni, Hans Günter Wagener COMMISSIONING EDITOR: Stefan Brauburger (ZDF)