The Godmother (2014)

Years after the Berlin Wall came down, an unassuming physicist from East Germany unexpectedly becomes the world's most powerful woman. Her former teacher recalls her as his brightest student. Colleagues describe her as wielding power without ethical constraints, like Machiavelli. A journalist close to her compares her methods to those of a Mafia boss. In 2008, as Chancellor, she was tasked with resolving the global financial crisis, with Southern European countries at the center of the solution. Naomi Klein has noted that Greece exemplifies the "Shock Doctrine" under Merkel's leadership. How did Merkel achieve German dominance in Europe?