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

The Ministry for State Security - Everyday life at a public authority (2002)

7.5 90 min Movie
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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Cast

Kurt Zeiseweis Kurt Zeiseweis himself
Gerhard Niebling Gerhard Niebling himself
Karli Coburger Karli Coburger himself
Gerhard Neiber Gerhard Neiber himself
Horst Männchen Horst Männchen himself
Willi Opitz Willi Opitz himself
Wolfgang Schmidt Wolfgang Schmidt himself
Günter Möller Günter Möller himself
Wanja Abramowski Wanja Abramowski himself
Siegfried Rataizick Siegfried Rataizick himself

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