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

Year: 2002 Documentary Runtime: 90 min Rating: 7.5

Overview

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.

Genres

Documentary

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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