Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Walter Ulbricht

Erich Honecker

Wolfgang Leonhard

Fritz Schenk

Alexander Bogomolow

Gerhard Schürer

Wolfgang Seiffert

Hans Modrow

Werner Eberlein

Markus Wolf