Stasi: A State Against Its People

Stasi: A State Against Its People

2021•53m•9.0/10

DocumentaryTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

9.0/10(2)

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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Production

Et la suite Productions, France Télévisions

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Véronique Augereau

Véronique Augereau

Narrator (voice)

Walter Ulbricht

Walter Ulbricht

Self (archive footage)

Karl Alich

Self

Günther Grässler

Self

Helmut Müller-Enbergs

Helmut Müller-Enbergs

Self

Erich Mielke

Erich Mielke

Self (archive footage)

Bernd Roth

Self

Günter Pelzl

Self

Manfred Springer

Self

Christian Booß

Christian Booß

Self

Erich Honecker

Erich Honecker

Self (archive footage)

Tatjana Sterneberg

Self

Siegfried Reiprich

Self

Wolf Biermann

Wolf Biermann

Self (archive footage)

Stefan Trobisch-Lütge

Stefan Trobisch-Lütge

Self

Angela Marquardt

Self

Mikhail Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev

Self (archive footage)

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