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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Cast
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Walter Ulbricht
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Talking with Germans
Erich Honecker
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Palast der Republik – Haus des Volkes
Kommunist
Wolfgang Leonhard
Self
Fritz Schenk
Self
Alexander Bogomolow
Self
Gerhard Schürer
Self
Wolfgang Seiffert
Self
Hans Modrow
Self
Also in
Dresden Oktober '89
Werner Eberlein
Self
Markus Wolf
Self
Gisela Schirdewan
Self
Günter Schabowski
Self
Also in
Kissing Gorbaciov
First Tuesday
Jan Lorenzen Director · Christian Klemke Director Manfred Köhler Cinematographer
First release October 7, 1999 · Produced in Germany · Production MDR
Production
Pro Vobis - Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen
Production
MDR
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · October 7, 1999
TV · MDR
No release date listed for United States.
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