Staatsgeheimnis RAF – Terroristen in der DDR

Staatsgeheimnis RAF – Terroristen in der DDR (2026)

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In the 1980s, the GDR provided shelter to ten RAF terrorists. The State Security Service (Stasi) furnished these individuals — who had left the group — with new identities, enabling them to lead inconspicuous lives within the GDR. Among them was Silke Maier-Witt, a member of the second generation of the RAF, who had been involved in the kidnapping of Hanns Martin Schleyer. She recounts her experiences during her time in the socialist German state. Filmmaker Claus Räfle reconstructs how the Stasi protected these former terrorists and concealed their identities. Through interviews with Silke Maier-Witt, other contemporary witnesses, and experts — complemented by archival footage and photorealistic, AI-animated scenes (created by Helmut Fischer and Parviz Balucci) that capture the atmosphere of the era — the film unfolds as a historical documentary-thriller.

Director: Claus Räfle

Casts

	Claudia Urbschat-Mingues as Self - Narrator (voice)
	Silke Maier-Witt as Self - Interviewee
	Rainer Hofmeyer as Self - Interviewee
	Wolfgang Kraushaar as Self - Interviewee
	Wilhelm Dietl as Self - Interviewee
	Winfried Ridder as Self - Interviewee
	Tobias Wunschik as Self - Interviewee
	Frank Wilhelm as Self - Interviewee
	Alexander Straßner as Self - Interviewee
	Karl Röth as Self - Interviewee
	Renate Peitsch as Self - Interviewee
	Patrik von Braunmühl as Self - Interviewee
	Erich Honecker as Self (archive footage)
	Helmut Kohl as Self (archive footage)
	Mikhail Gorbachev as Self (archive footage)
	Ronald Reagan as Self (archive footage)
	Kurt Rebmann as Self (archive footage)
	Erhard Thomas as Self (archive footage)
	Wolfgang Pauleit as Self (archive footage)
	Peter-Michael Diestel as Self (archive footage)
	Dagmar Berghoff as Self (archive footage)
	Wilhelm Wieben as Self (archive footage)
	Werner Veigel as Self (archive footage)

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