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Codename Pirate
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Codename Pirate

Apr 15, 2014
1h 37m
★ 0.0

Overview

Was my father really a spy, as his file in the former East German Secret Service (STASI) suggests? This question marks the starting point of a son’s journey into his late father’s past which still remains somewhat mysterious even today. Eric Asch is looking for answers – in the Stasi archives, at the NSA and in his own family history. The result is a very personal documentary which reports ironically about the practices of secret service during the Cold War.

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Documentary

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Imbissfilm
ZDF

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