Die Sekretäre (1999)
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.
- Released
- 1999-10-07
- Genres
- Documentary
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Christian Klemke, Christian Klemke, Jan Lorenzen, Jan Lorenzen
Cast
- Walter Ulbricht as Self (archive footage)
- Erich Honecker as Self (archive footage)
- Wolfgang Leonhard as Self
- Fritz Schenk as Self
- Alexander Bogomolow as Self
- Gerhard Schürer as Self
- Wolfgang Seiffert as Self
- Hans Modrow as Self
- Werner Eberlein as Self
- Markus Wolf as Self
- Gisela Schirdewan as Self
- Günter Schabowski as Self
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