Nine-episode documentary: RTL shows five years in the life of Jens Spahn

As a student, he wanted to become Chancellor, the corona pandemic caused a career break.

Nine-episode documentary: RTL shows five years in the life of Jens Spahn

As a student, he wanted to become Chancellor, the corona pandemic caused a career break. RTL is devoting a long-term documentary to the CDU politician Jens Spahn: nine episodes are to illuminate his work from November.

The career of CDU politician Jens Spahn has experienced numerous ups and downs in recent years. As one of the most popular politicians in his party, the 42-year-old was suddenly confronted with the corona pandemic from 2020 - and sometimes received harsh criticism for his decisions as Minister of Health. A new documentary series called "Second Move Kills", which will be available on demand from the streaming service RTL from November 2nd, gives exclusive insights into the work and life of Spahn.

The documentary by Grimme award winner Aljoscha Pause consists of nine episodes and shows "5 years with Jens Spahn". The production draws a "multi-layered portrait of a politician", which also illuminates his time before taking office as Minister of Health - he took over the office in 2018 from his CDU colleague Hermann Gröhe - and his private life.

Questions that Pause wants to answer with his documentary, among other things: "But who is the man who wanted to become Chancellor as a student? What made him the politician he is today?" The filmmaker also took part in crisis meetings and trips abroad by the politician. Spahn's views of the church and its attitude towards homosexuality are also explored. Spahn has been married to journalist Daniel Funke since 2017.

In addition to Spahn, many other politicians will have their say in "Second Move Kills - 5 years with Jens Spahn". These include Annalena Baerbock, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, Kevin Kühnert, Armin Laschet, Wolfgang Schäuble and Spahn's successor as Minister of Health, Karl Lauterbach. Other names included are science journalist and TV presenter Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim, "Hart aber fair" presenter Frank Plasberg and comedians Oliver Welke and Max Giermann.