The film talks about the rise and fall of the two most influential protagonists in GDR-politics. In succession, over long stretches even together, Ulbricht and Honecker determined the course of the GDR, of course without ever getting out of being a satellite state to the big brother in Moscow. The film looks for the caesura and crucial points in the power game between Ulbricht and Honecker.
Unfortunately the movie Die Sekretäre is not yet available on Disney Plus.
| Camera | Manfred Köhler | Director of Photography |
| Production | Anngret Plehn | Researcher |
| Crew | Peter Hellmich | Scientific Consultant |
| Directing | Jan Lorenzen | Director |
| Production | Wolfgang Plehn | Line Producer |
| Sound | Udo Cott | Sound |
| Production | Holger Kouschil | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Christian Klemke | Director |
| Writing | Jan Lorenzen | Screenplay |
| Production | Anngret Plehn | Unit Manager |
| Crew | Monika Kaiser | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Inga Wolfram | Thanks |
| Editing | Angela Wendt | Editor |
| Production | Jutta Paarmann | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Christian Klemke | Screenplay |
| Crew | Solveigh Hardt | Thanks |
| Crew | Andreas Christoph Schmidt | Thanks |
| Crew | Eberhard Görner | Thanks |
