Gerhard Schröder: TV documentary provides insight into the world of the controversial former chancellor. NDR reporter Lucas Stratmann accompanied the former chancellor for several months.

The film shows a man who only knows one truth - his own. Gerhard Schr Öder turns 80 on Sunday. He was SPD chairman, Prime Minister of Lower Saxony, and Federal Chancellor from 1998 to 2005. The SPD has forgiven him a lot at the top of the party, says NDR's Kurt Beck.