The Spies Among Us

USA 2025 - 90 min. Dokumentation - Produktion: SideXSide Studios

Regie: Jamie Coughlin Silverman, Gabriel Silverman - Buch: Jamie Coughlin Silverman, Gabriel Silverman - Kamera: Gabriel Silverman - Schnitt: Gernot Grassl;

Consulting Producer: Andrea Meditch , Archival Producer: Stephen Maier, Archival Producer: Monika Preischl

Mit: Peter Keup, Heinz Engelhardt, Jochem Girke, Bernd Roth, Harald Korff, Roland Keup, Uta Keup, Susanne Schädlich , Uwe Wons, Michael Schindler

SYNOPSIS

THE SPIES AMONG US is a rare look into the inner workings of a data-driven surveillance state run by one of the most feared secret police forces the world has ever known – East Germany’s Stasi.

A personal investigation into family secrets by Peter Keup, a Stasi victim-turned-historian, takes a turn when he contacts the men who ran the system. These are the first dialogues between Stasi officers and a victim ever recorded.

Through these encounters a terrifying mosaic is built of the lengths people go to maintain power in a dictatorship, as well as the indomitable human spirit that seeks truth and self-determination.