The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority

  • Rated 7.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 2002
  • 1h 30m
  • Documentary

Former heads, senior officers and the rector of the MfS law school explain how the ministry functioned. The interviewees see themselves as legitimate actors with a clear mandate and political enemy image. They provide an insight into the techniques and routines of secret service work, psychological tricks during interrogations and the management of “unofficial collaborators”. What they all have in common is that they are not aware of any moral guilt. The directors contrast their footage of prisons and archives with the statements of former Stasi employees in an attempt to expose their evasions and efforts at suppression.

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Director
Christian Klemke
Starring
Kurt Zeiseweis, Gerhard Niebling, Karli Coburger, Gerhard Neiber

Cast

  • Kurt Zeiseweis

    himself

  • Gerhard Niebling

    himself

  • Karli Coburger

    himself

  • Gerhard Neiber

    himself

  • Horst Männchen

    himself

  • Willi Opitz

    himself

  • Wolfgang Schmidt

    himself

  • Günter Möller

    himself

  • Wanja Abramowski

    himself

  • Siegfried Rataizick

    himself

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