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