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.

Cast

Self (archive footage)
W Walter Ulbricht
Self (archive footage)
Erich Honecker
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 (archive footage)
Franz Josef Strauß
Self (archive footage)
Margot Honecker
Self (archive footage)
Edith Baumann
Self
W Wolfgang Leonhard
Self (archive footage)
Nikita Khrushchev
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Self (archive footage)
Helmut Kohl
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

Crew

Director
C Christian Klemke
Screenplay
C Christian Klemke
Director
J Jan Lorenzen
Screenplay
J Jan Lorenzen
Sound
U Udo Cott
Editor
A Angela Wendt
Researcher
A Anngret Plehn
Unit Manager
A Anngret Plehn
Executive Producer
J Jutta Paarmann
Executive Producer
H Holger Kouschil
Line Producer
W Wolfgang Plehn
Scientific Consultant
P Peter Hellmich
Scientific Consultant
M Monika Kaiser
Thanks
E Eberhard Görner
Thanks
A Andreas Christoph Schmidt
Thanks
I Inga Wolfram
Thanks
S Solveigh Hardt
Director of Photography
M Manfred Köhler