Die Sekretäre
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.
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Top Cast
Walter Ulbricht
Self (archive footage)
Erich Honecker
Self (archive footage)
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
Self
Egon Krenz
Self
Julij Kwizinskij
Self
Manfred Gerlach
Self
Pjotr Abrassimow
Self
Wolfgang Schwanitz
Self
Franz Josef Strauß
Self (archive footage)
Margot Honecker
Self (archive footage)
Edith Baumann
Self (archive footage)
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