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.
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DeceasedBorn: June 30, 1893
Died: August 1, 1973
Age at death: 80
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DeceasedBorn: August 25, 1912
Died: May 29, 1994
Age at death: 81
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DeceasedBorn: April 16, 1921
Died: August 17, 2014
Age at death: 93
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DeceasedBorn: January 27, 1928
Died: February 11, 2023
Age at death: 95
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DeceasedBorn: January 19, 1923
Died: November 9, 2006
Age at death: 83
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DeceasedBorn: January 4, 1929
Died: November 1, 2015
Age at death: 86
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AliveBorn: March 19, 1937
Age: 89
Kolberg, Prussia, Germany [now Kołobrzeg, Poland]
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DeceasedBorn: September 6, 1915
Died: October 3, 1988
Age at death: 73
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DeceasedBorn: April 17, 1927
Died: May 6, 2016
Age at death: 89
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: August 1, 1909
Died: April 7, 1973
Age at death: 63
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: April 15, 1894
Died: September 11, 1971
Age at death: 77
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: May 29, 1917
Died: November 22, 1963
Age at death: 46
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: March 2, 1931
Died: August 30, 2022
Age at death: 91
as Self (archive footage)
DeceasedBorn: April 3, 1930
Died: June 16, 2017
Age at death: 87