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Stasi: A State Against Its People
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Stasi: A State Against Its People

2021-10-03 · 53 min · ★ 9.0

Documentary · TV Movie

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, thousands of documents were hastily shredded by the dreaded GDR political police. 16,000 bags filled with six million pieces of paper were found. Thanks to the meticulous work of technology, the destinies of men and women who had been spied on and recorded without their knowledge could be reconstructed.

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Directors
Barbara Necek
Production companies
Et la suite Productions, France Télévisions
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Véronique AugereauVéronique AugereauNarrator (voice)
Walter UlbrichtWalter UlbrichtSelf (archive footage)
Karl AlichSelf
Günther GrässlerSelf
Helmut Müller-EnbergsHelmut Müller-EnbergsSelf
Erich MielkeErich MielkeSelf (archive footage)
Bernd RothSelf
Günter PelzlSelf
Manfred SpringerSelf
Christian BooßChristian BooßSelf
Erich HoneckerErich HoneckerSelf (archive footage)
Tatjana SternebergSelf
Siegfried ReiprichSelf
Wolf BiermannWolf BiermannSelf (archive footage)
Stefan Trobisch-LütgeStefan Trobisch-LütgeSelf
Angela MarquardtSelf
Mikhail GorbachevMikhail GorbachevSelf (archive footage)

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