Die Sekretäre

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.

Directed by Christian Klemke, Jan Lorenzen

Top cast

Walter Ulbricht

Self (archive footage)

Erich Honecker

Self (archive footage)

W

Wolfgang Leonhard

Self

F

Fritz Schenk

Self

A

Alexander Bogomolow

Self

G

Gerhard Schürer

Self

W

Wolfgang Seiffert

Self

Hans Modrow

Self

W

Werner Eberlein

Self

M

Markus Wolf

Self

G

Gisela Schirdewan

Self

G

Günter Schabowski

Self

E

Egon Krenz

Self

J

Julij Kwizinskij

Self

M

Manfred Gerlach

Self

P

Pjotr Abrassimow

Self

W

Wolfgang Schwanitz

Self

Franz Josef Strauß

Self (archive footage)

Margot Honecker

Self (archive footage)

Edith Baumann

Self (archive footage)

Details