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.
Walter Ulbricht
as Self (archive footage)
Erich Honecker
as Self (archive footage)
Wolfgang Leonhard
as Self
Fritz Schenk
as Self
Alexander Bogomolow
as Self
Gerhard Schürer
as Self
Wolfgang Seiffert
as Self
Hans Modrow
as Self
Werner Eberlein
as Self
Markus Wolf
as Self
Gisela Schirdewan
as Self
Günter Schabowski
as Self
