For the 100th anniversary of Axel Springer's birthday "Axel Springer publishing" released a play about his life called "100 years in 100 minutes", which also included a sketch on how the Stasi set up this biopic.
According to the creator's team the GDR secret agency "Stasi" (State Security) gained various information and scenarios that was added into the script. It is said that one of the secretaries of Axel Springer had a relationship with the Stasi agent named "IM Gerd".
The real Axel Springer actually saw the show and reacted very cool about this biopic. He commented it by saying "I am impressed that they hired such a good looking actor for my role."