
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, thousands of documents were hastily shredded by the dreaded GDR political police. 16,000 bags filled with six million pieces of paper were found. Thanks to the meticulous work of technology, the destinies of men and women who had been spied on and recorded without their knowledge could be reconstructed.

Véronique Augereau
Narrator (voice)

Walter Ulbricht
Self (archive footage)
Karl Alich
Self
Günther Grässler
Self

Helmut Müller-Enbergs
Self

Erich Mielke
Self (archive footage)
Bernd Roth
Self
Günter Pelzl
Self
Manfred Springer
Self

Christian Booß
Self

Erich Honecker
Self (archive footage)
Tatjana Sterneberg
Self

Unity SPD – KPD
Unity SPD – KPD

Blood Money: Inside the Nazi Economy
Blood Money: Inside the Nazi Economy

Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist
Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist

Die Zeit meines Lebens - Dirty Dancing in Ost und West
Die Zeit meines Lebens - Dirty Dancing in Ost und West

Cycling the Frame
Cycling the Frame
Gulag: infierno en las cárceles de Putin
Gulag: infierno en las cárceles de Putin

The Dark Figure
The Dark Figure

Cannibal Island
Cannibal Island

OstPunk! Too much Future
OstPunk! Too much Future

Anna Goldin, the Last Witch
Anna Goldin, the Last Witch

Surveilled
Surveilled

After the Fall
After the Fall