The Rise of Germany’s New Right

Anna-Lena Höfelmann, a Hamburg journalist, first notices the Alternative for Germany posters at a subway station. Her editor dismisses it: "They're marginal, they won't clear the five-percent threshold." A year later, the same faces gaze from Bundestag screens. This is not merely a chronicle of a political ascent—it's an anatomy of societal fracture, filmed inside local party cells, in the kitchens of disillusioned voters, and in talk show studios where rhetoric gradually loses its boundaries. The camera captures not only rallies but also quiet conversations in beer halls, where discontent with globalization and migration policy slowly crystallizes into political choice. The director avoids direct judgment, allowing the viewer to hear all sides: from young activists believing in "new patriotism" to sociologists warning of eroding democratic institutions.