October 7, 1999
1h 30m
DE
Christian Klemke
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)
Wolfgang Leonhard
Self
Fritz Schenk
Self
Christian Klemke, Jan Lorenzen
0
Alexander Bogomolow
Self
Gerhard Schürer
Self
Wolfgang Seiffert
Self
Hans Modrow
Self
Werner Eberlein
Self
Markus Wolf
Self
Pro Vobis - Gesellschaft für Film und Fernsehen
N/A
MDR
DE
