Screening and Discussion of "The Apprentice: The Trump Story" in Aachen
The Apprentice: The Trump Story (2024)
in English with subtitles
film screening followed by a discussion with
Dr. Niko Switek,
Political Scientist, Consultant at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of NRW
Monday, October 28, 2024 | 6:30 p.m.
Eden Palast | Franzstraße 45 | 52064 Aachen
New York in the 1970s. Donald J. Trump (Sebastian Stan) is still at the beginning of his career. But he is determined to exceed the expectations of his overbearing father. He wants to become rich and recognized in the Manhattan real estate industry on his own. He just doesn't know how - until he meets the man who will become one of the most influential figures in his rise: Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the shrewd legal advisor and fixer in the political business, the man for all occasions. Cohn immediately recognizes the enormous potential of the young Trump, his attractive appearance, his thirst for knowledge, his unconditional will to get to the top, whatever the cost. Meticulously, step by step, he trains his protégé in how to amass power and wealth by any means. The beginning has been made. A beginning of truly historic proportions.
Niko Switek, Dr. rer. pol., is a political scientist and consultant at the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. He received his doctorate in 2015 from the University of Duisburg-Essen, where he taught and researched at the Institute of Political Science and the NRW School of Governance. From 2018 to 2021, he was DAAD Visiting Professor at the University of Washington (Seattle, USA). His research focuses on the German political system and in particular parties, governments and coalitions. He has also worked on the relationship between politics and pop culture. Among other things, he has published a volume on politics in television series (Politik in Fernsehserien, transcript, 2018) as well as an analysis of populism and political satire in a special issue of the journal German Politics & Society in 2021.
After the screening, we will discuss the relationship between biographical drama film and reality, as well as the interplay between media and politics in the United States, with a special focus on the U.S. presidential election.
Please note that the age restriction for the movie is twelve years (FSK 12).
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