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The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority
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The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority

Oct 16, 2002
1h 30m
★ 6.0

Overview

Former heads, senior officers and the rector of the MfS law school explain how the ministry functioned. The interviewees see themselves as legitimate actors with a clear mandate and political enemy image. They provide an insight into the techniques and routines of secret service work, psychological tricks during interrogations and the management of “unofficial collaborators”. What they all have in common is that they are not aware of any moral guilt. The directors contrast their footage of prisons and archives with the statements of former Stasi employees in an attempt to expose their evasions and efforts at suppression.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

MDR
Emotion Pictures

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Cast

Kurt Zeiseweis

himself

Kurt Zeiseweis

Gerhard Niebling

himself

Gerhard Niebling

Karli Coburger

himself

Karli Coburger

Gerhard Neiber

himself

Gerhard Neiber

Horst Männchen

himself

Horst Männchen

Willi Opitz

himself

Willi Opitz

Wolfgang Schmidt

himself

Wolfgang Schmidt

Günter Möller

himself

Günter Möller

Wanja Abramowski

himself

Wanja Abramowski

Siegfried Rataizick

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Siegfried Rataizick