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Erich Mielke - Master of Fear

Erich Mielke - Master of Fear

2015•1h 35m•5.0/10
HistoryDocumentary

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5.0/10(5)

Docudrama about life, career and breakdown of Erich Mielke, the former Security chief of East Germany.

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Production

ARTE, MDR, LOOKSfilm

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Kaspar Eichel

Kaspar Eichel

Erich Mielke

Victor Choulman

Victor Choulman

KGB Offizier Gennadi Titow

Hubert Dreyling

Himself - lawyer of Erich Mielke

Wolfgang Fixson

Himself - head of JVA Moabit

Thomas Förster

Hans Carlsohn, Büroleiter Mielke

Roland Jahn

Himself - Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of former GDR

Beate Laaß

Psychologin Anna-Luise Brand

Nikolai Leonov

Himself - KGB General ret.

Karl-Fred Müller

Karl-Fred Müller

Gerhard Neiber

Nikita Petrov

Nikita Petrov

Himself - historian

Peter Rauch

Peter Rauch

Generaloberst Rudi Mittig

Christine Voigt

Mielkes Sekretärin Uschi

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