Protagonists
Mario Röllig
Christel Röllig, Gottfried Röllig, Manuela Röllig, Ulrich Schwabe, Diana Kuhnt
Alexis Tsipras, Vera Lengsfeld, Klaus Lederer, Egon Krenz, Kurt Biedenkopf, Edda Schönherz, Hajo Schumacher, Kerstin Kaiser, Lea Rosh, Hartmut Richter, Andreas Klaffke, Horst Aden, Heike Eichenmüller, Anabel Buchenau
and many more
Team Credits
Editor & Motion Design Thomas Keller
Photography Jochen Hick & Nicolai Zörn
Additional Photography Thomas Schrader
Research & Assistant Director Andreas Strohfeldt
Consultant Archival Materials Peter Kolano
Sound Timo Kahlenberg
Re-Recording Mixer Mathias Ludwig
Surround Sound Mixer Michael Kaczmarek
Consultant Karin Wallenczus
Production Managers Hermann Hick & Ursula Scheid
Production Manager rbb Rainer Baumert
Commissioning Editor Rolf Bergmann
Author, Director & Producer Jochen Hick
Produced by GALERIA ALASKA PRODUCTIONS
Coproduced by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg
Supported by Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
Special Thanks to
Visitors & Staff
Stiftung Gedenkstätte Berlin-Hohenschönhausen
Junge Welt Ladengalerie
Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg Radio Berlin 88.8
Students & Teachers
Rouanet Gymnasium, Beeskow
Heinrich-Ehrhardt-Gymnasium, Zella-Mehlis
Regelschule am Pulverrasen, Meiningen
Nicolaus-Kistner-Gymnasium, Mosbach
Parler Gymnasium, Schwäbisch-Gmünd
Students & Staff
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Inmates & Staff
Prison Fö utca, Budapest
And Thanks To All Supporters And Contributors
Thanks to
BStU
CDU Kreisverband Dortmund
DIE LINKE – Landesverband Berlin
Erinnerungsstätte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung
Junge Welt Ladengalerie
Hilton Hotel Budapest
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Katrin Behr
Meike Bockelmann
Marcella Daewers
Scott Denham
Jens Dienert
Tamas Dombos
Dale Halton
Brigitte Hartenstein
Jan Hegemann
Eva Hubert
Michaela Klingberg
Hubertus Knabe
André Kockisch
Katrin Mersmann
Carol Pharr
René Rosenberg
Reiner Rosner
Sabine Kuder
István Szábo
Maria Takacs
Gábor Tallai
Stefan Trobisch-Lütge
Christoph Weber
Monika Zabel