1h 30m
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Documentary
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.
Walter Ulbricht
Self (archive footage)
Erich Honecker
Self (archive footage)
Hans Modrow
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)