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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