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.

Documentary

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))