Dir: Heike Bachelier. UK /Germany 2011. German with English subtitles. 92mins
A documentary thriller from the days of the Cold War. Two ex-friends from the now defunct East Germany meet up after many years. One was once a dissident, the other spied on him for the Stasi. One went to prison and one did not. A gripping, unsettling story told through two ordinary people, of how a dictatorship like the GDR could spin so effective a web and control its population so completely. Winner of the Prix Europa 2011 for the best feature length documentary.
Followed by Q&A by director Heike Bachelier
