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 HBO Max.
| Camera | Manfred Köhler | Director of Photography |
| Production | Wolfgang Plehn | Line Producer |
| Crew | Solveigh Hardt | Thanks |
| Writing | Jan Lorenzen | Screenplay |
| Crew | Eberhard Görner | Thanks |
| Writing | Christian Klemke | Screenplay |
| Sound | Udo Cott | Sound |
| Production | Holger Kouschil | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Andreas Christoph Schmidt | Thanks |
| Directing | Christian Klemke | Director |
| Production | Anngret Plehn | Unit Manager |
| Production | Jutta Paarmann | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Inga Wolfram | Thanks |
| Production | Anngret Plehn | Researcher |
| Directing | Jan Lorenzen | Director |
| Editing | Angela Wendt | Editor |
| Crew | Peter Hellmich | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Monika Kaiser | Scientific Consultant |
