Rainer Kahrs
Director
0h 45m
The BND File: The Secret Service and Its First Arms Dealer (2019)
Overview
In occupied post-war Germany, the ex-paratrooper and former SS man Gerhard Mertins rises to become a powerful arms dealer. He has many contacts in the Middle East and with old Nazi greats, a man who therefore becomes interesting for secret services. He starts right after the Second World War as a simple taxi entrepreneur in Bremerhaven, but soon he does best business with the German secret service BND and also the American CIA. Until today many files about Mertins are secret. Because against German laws, against international law, Mertins moved weapons into war zones with the backing and sometimes on behalf of the German secret service BND. For almost two years, the team around author Rainer Kahrs did research for the film. For the first time, the BND granted a camera team access to files on Gerhard Mertins, the first BND arms dealer. For the first time, Mertins' wife and daughter also speak in front of the camera.100%
Cast
Niels Stolberg
Self
Erich Schmidt-Eenboom
Self
Viktor Yushchenko
Self
Mykola Malomuzh
Self
David E.A. Johnson
Self, executive director, Center for Advanced Defense Studies
Frank Passade
Self, executive director, Center for Advanced Defense Studies
Luuk van de Vondervoort
Self, European Institute for Peace
André Hahn
Self
Volodimir Kalinin
Self, security administrator, Port of Oktyabrsk, Ukraine
Bruno Kahl
Self, president of German Federal Intelligence Service
Niels Stolberg
Self
Erich Schmidt-Eenboom
Self
Viktor Yushchenko
Self
Mykola Malomuzh
Self
David E.A. Johnson
Self, executive director, Center for Advanced Defense Studies
Frank Passade
Self, executive director, Center for Advanced Defense Studies
Luuk van de Vondervoort
Self, European Institute for Peace
André Hahn
Self
Volodimir Kalinin
Self, security administrator, Port of Oktyabrsk, Ukraine
Bruno Kahl
Self, president of German Federal Intelligence Service
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Release Date
March 11, 2019Original Language
GermanBudget
$0.00Production Company
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