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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Véronique AugereauNarrator (voice) | Narrator (voice) |
 Walter UlbrichtSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| KKarl AlichSelf | Self |
| GGünther GrässlerSelf | Self |
 Helmut Müller-EnbergsSelf | Self |
 Erich MielkeSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| BBernd RothSelf | Self |
| GGünter PelzlSelf | Self |
| MManfred SpringerSelf | Self |
 Christian BooßSelf | Self |
 Erich HoneckerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| TTatjana SternebergSelf | Self |
| SSiegfried ReiprichSelf | Self |
 Wolf BiermannSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Stefan Trobisch-LütgeSelf | Self |
| AAngela MarquardtSelf | Self |
 Mikhail GorbachevSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |