The Spies Among Us

Mar 8, 2025

1h 34m

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Overview

Thirty years after the Cold War ends, a former political prisoner of the East German secret police searches for the truth after learning his brother spied on him for the regime, and discovers the lasting effects of living in a surveillance state.

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Documentary

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Cast

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Peter Keup

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Uta Keup

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Heinz Engelhardt

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Jochen Girke

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Roland Keup

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, thousands of documents were hastily shredded by the dreaded GDR political police. 16,000 bags filled with six million pieces of paper were found. Thanks to the meticulous work of technology, the destinies of men and women who had been spied on and recorded without their knowledge could be reconstructed.

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