Stasi: A State Against Its People (2021)
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.
Director: Barbara Necek
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Véronique Augereau as Narrator (voice) |
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Walter Ulbricht as Self (archive footage) |
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Karl Alich as Self |
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Günther Grässler as Self |
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Helmut Müller-Enbergs as Self |
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Erich Mielke as Self (archive footage) |
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Bernd Roth as Self |
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Günter Pelzl as Self |
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Manfred Springer as Self |
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Christian Booß as Self |
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Erich Honecker as Self (archive footage) |
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Tatjana Sterneberg as Self |
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Siegfried Reiprich as Self |
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Wolf Biermann as Self (archive footage) |
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Stefan Trobisch-Lütge as Self |
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Angela Marquardt as Self |
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Mikhail Gorbachev as Self (archive footage) |
| Writing | Barbara Necek | Writer |
| Editing | Cédric Harrang | Editor |
| Crew | Catherine Stoeblen | Documentation & Support |
| Crew | Helmut Müller-Enbergs | Scientific Consultant |
| Directing | Barbara Necek | Director |
| Camera | Xavier Liberman | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Olivier Cohen | Color Grading |
| Sound | Tito de Pinho | Sound Mixer |
| Camera | Eddy Gill | Camera Operator |
| Production | Maylis Roussel | Production Manager |
| Production | Thomas Dahirel | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Benjamin Hélius | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Jeanne Fabrice | Production Director |
| Production | Rachel Kahn | Producer |