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Otto Schily

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Studied law in Munich, Hamburg and Berlin. Has worked as a lawyer since 1963.

Founding member of the Green Party; switched to the SPD in 1989.

Member of the Bundestag 1983 to March 13, 1986, 1987 to November 7, 1989, and since 1990; 1993 to 1994 Chairman of the Treuhand Investigation Committee; 1994 to 1998 Deputy Chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. October 27, 1998 to November 2005 Federal Minister of the Interior.
BornJuly 20, 1932
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    • Known for

    Die Anwälte - Eine deutsche Geschichte (2009)
    Die Anwälte - Eine deutsche Geschichte
    7.4
    • Self
    • 2009
    Siham El-Maimouni in Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (1967)
    Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Self
    Petra Kelly in Petra Kelly - Act Now! (2024)
    Petra Kelly - Act Now!
    7.6
    • Self
    • 2024
    Die Worte des Vorsitzenden (1969)
    Die Worte des Vorsitzenden
    6.2
    Short
    • Self(as Schily)
    • 1969

    Credits

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    Self

    • Petra Kelly in Petra Kelly - Act Now! (2024)
      Petra Kelly - Act Now!
      7.6
      • Self
      • 2024
    • Gedenkfeier für Franz Beckenbauer
      TV Special
      • Self
      • 2024
    • Beckenbauer (2024)
      Beckenbauer
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Self
      • 2024
    • Adolf Kanter - Der Spion, der zu viel wusste (2023)
      Adolf Kanter - Der Spion, der zu viel wusste
      TV Movie
      • Self
      • 2023
    • Bild Live (2013)
      Bild Live
      3.3
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2021
    • Deutschland 9/11 (2021)
      Deutschland 9/11
      8.7
      TV Special
      • Self
      • 2021
    • Bimbes: Die schwarzen Kassen des Helmut Kohl
      TV Movie
      • Self
      • 2017
    • Dunja Hayali (2015)
      Dunja Hayali
      1.0
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2017
    • Im Dialog (1997)
      Im Dialog
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2007–2017
    • Münchner Runde (1996)
      Münchner Runde
      5.2
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2013–2016
    • III nach neun (1974)
      III nach neun
      6.1
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 1986–2015
    • Morgenmagazin (1992)
      Morgenmagazin
      4.4
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2014–2015
    • Siham El-Maimouni in Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (1967)
      Titel, Thesen, Temperamente
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2015
    • ZDFzeit (2012)
      ZDFzeit
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Self
      • 2014
    • Geliebte Gegner - Die Grünen und die Macht
      8.0
      TV Movie
      • Self
      • 2013

    Archive Footage

    • Kulturzeit (1995)
      Kulturzeit
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2025
    • Die Grünen - Aufstieg und Krise einer Deutschen Partei (2025)
      Die Grünen - Aufstieg und Krise einer Deutschen Partei
      TV Mini Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2025
    • Atomkraft Ade! Der Fall Gundremmingen (2023)
      Atomkraft Ade! Der Fall Gundremmingen
      TV Movie
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2023
    • Der Fall el-Masri (2021)
      Der Fall el-Masri
      6.2
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2021
    • Die Unbeugsamen (2021)
      Die Unbeugsamen
      7.5
      • Self (archive footage, uncredited)
      • 2021
    • Winston Churchill in History (2000)
      History
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2020
    • The Cold War Story (2019)
      The Cold War Story
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2019
    • Stammheim - Die RAF vor Gericht (2017)
      Stammheim - Die RAF vor Gericht
      Short
      • Self
      • Self - Defense Lawyer (archive footage)
      • 2017
    • Das Erbe der Nazis (2015)
      Das Erbe der Nazis
      6.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2015
    • Der Kuaför aus der Keupstraße (2015)
      Der Kuaför aus der Keupstraße
      6.5
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2015
    • Joschka und Herr Fischer (2011)
      Joschka und Herr Fischer
      6.8
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2011
    • Planspiel Atomkrieg - Raketenpoker um die Nachrüstung (2008)
      Planspiel Atomkrieg - Raketenpoker um die Nachrüstung
      TV Movie
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2008
    • Die großen Kriminalfälle (2000)
      Die großen Kriminalfälle
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2007
    • Oskar Langenfeld. 12 Mal (1989)
      Starbuck Holger Meins
      5.6
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 2002
    • Pop 2000: 50 Jahre Popmusik und Jugendkultur in Deutschland (1999)
      Pop 2000: 50 Jahre Popmusik und Jugendkultur in Deutschland
      8.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Self (archive footage)
      • 1999

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Schily
    • Born
      • July 20, 1932
      • Bochum, Germany
    • Spouses
        Christiane Hellwag1966 - ? (divorced, 1 child)
    • Children
      • Jenny Schily

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