The Spies Among Us

The Spies Among Us

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2025•94 min•Documentary
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Thirty years after the Cold War ends, a former political prisoner of the East German secret police searches for the truth after learning his brother spied on him for the regime, and discovers the lasting effects of living in a surveillance state.
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