

27/10/2025
This two-part, three-hour biography, offers an incisive portrait of Henry Kissinger, the enigmatic powerbroker who served in the topmost echelons of American diplomacy. Whether celebrated or reviled, Kissinger’s contradictions reflect those at the heart of America’s foreign policy during the second half of the 20th century, a period in which America became the unchallenged superpower in the world yet often pursued policy at odds with its own highest ideals.By examining his life up to and throughout his tortured relationship with President Richard Nixon, Kissinger endeavors to understand precisely what drove his relentless drive for power. It is a story of deep contradictions — of Kissinger’s obsession with securing American supremacy, staving off nuclear war, and checking the power of our enemies, even while consorting with dictators and tolerating widespread violation of human rights.

Henry Kissinger
as Self (archival footage)

Scott Brick
as Henry Kissinger (voice)

Richard Nixon
as Self (archival footage)

Daniel Ellsberg
as Self (archival footage)

Christopher Hitchens
as Self (archival footage)

Niall Ferguson
as Self

Fareed Zakaria
as Self

Richard Haass
as Self

Roham Alvandi
as Self

Jeremi Suri
as Self

David Kissinger
as Self

Thomas Schwartz
as Self

Angus Reilly
as Self

John Negroponte
as Self

Elizabeth Becker
as Self

Greg Grandin
as Self

Sam Hoskinson
as Self

Barbara Keys
as Self

Carolyn Eisenberg
as Self

Roger Morris
as Self

Hedrick Smith
as Self

Anthony Lake
as Self

Sally Quinn
as Self

Khatharya Um
as Self

Robert Brigham
as Self

John Farrell
as Self

Winston Lord
as Self

Sophal Ear
as Self

Sarah B Snyder
as Self

Morton Halperin
as Self

Ben Rhodes
as Self

Jianying Zha
as Self

Raad Rahman
as Self

W. Scott Butcher
as Self

Gary Bass
as Self

Juan Gabriel Valdés
as Self

Peter Kornbluh
as Self

Ariel Dorfman
as Self

Kyle Burke
as Self

Salim Yaqub
as Self

William Quandt
as Self

Lien-Hang Nguyen
as Self
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