Die Sekretäre

Overview

The film talks about the rise and fall of the two most influential protagonists in GDR-politics. In succession, over long stretches even together, Ulbricht and Honecker determined the course of the GDR, of course without ever getting out of being a satellite state to the big brother in Moscow. The film looks for the caesura and crucial points in the power game between Ulbricht and Honecker.

Director: Jan Lorenzen

Cast

Walter Ulbricht

Self (archive footage)

Erich Honecker

Self (archive footage)

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Wolfgang Leonhard

Self

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Fritz Schenk

Self

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Alexander Bogomolow

Self

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Gerhard Schürer

Self

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Wolfgang Seiffert

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Hans Modrow

Self

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Werner Eberlein

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Markus Wolf

Self