Erich Mielke - Master of Fear

Nov 5, 2015

1h 35m

★ 5.0

Overview

Docudrama about life, career and breakdown of Erich Mielke, the former Security chief of East Germany.

Genres

History

Documentary

Production Companies

ARTE

MDR

LOOKSfilm

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Cast

Erich Mielke

Kaspar Eichel

KGB Offizier Gennadi Titow

Victor Choulman

Himself - lawyer of Erich Mielke

Hubert Dreyling

Himself - head of JVA Moabit

Wolfgang Fixson

Hans Carlsohn, Büroleiter Mielke

Thomas Förster

Himself - Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of former GDR

Roland Jahn

Psychologin Anna-Luise Brand

Beate Laaß

Himself - KGB General ret.

Nikolai Leonov

Gerhard Neiber

Karl-Fred Müller

Himself - historian

Nikita Petrov

Generaloberst Rudi Mittig

Peter Rauch

Mielkes Sekretärin Uschi

Christine Voigt

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