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Die Sekretäre

Oct 7, 1999

1h 30m

★ 0.0

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Pro Vobis - Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen

MDR

Die Sekretäre Trailers

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Cast

Self (archive footage)

Walter Ulbricht

Self (archive footage)

Erich Honecker

Self

Wolfgang Leonhard

Self

Fritz Schenk

Self

Alexander Bogomolow

Self

Gerhard Schürer

Self

Wolfgang Seiffert

Self

Hans Modrow

Self

Werner Eberlein

Self

Markus Wolf

Self

Gisela Schirdewan

Self

Günter Schabowski

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