Die Sekretäre (1999)
1h 30m
Running Time
October 7, 1999Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.

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)

Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)

Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)

Helmut Kohl
Self (archive footage)

Manfred Köhler
Director of Photography

Wolfgang Plehn
Line Producer

Solveigh Hardt
Thanks

Jan Lorenzen
Screenplay / Director

Eberhard Görner
Thanks

Christian Klemke
Screenplay / Director

Udo Cott
Sound

Holger Kouschil
Executive Producer

Andreas Christoph Schmidt
Thanks

Anngret Plehn
Unit Manager / Researcher

Jutta Paarmann
Executive Producer

Inga Wolfram
Thanks

Angela Wendt
Editor

Peter Hellmich
Scientific Consultant

Monika Kaiser
Scientific Consultant
Details.
This Movie Is About.
eastern germany
political documentary
german history