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Enemy of the State
Enemy of the State
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ENEMY OF THE STATE

Vaterlandsverräter

Directed by Annekatrin Hendel
Germany, 2011
Documentary, Biography

Synopsis

The story of the complex man and 75-year-old writer named Paul Gratzik, who worked as a Stasi informant in the GDR and was known as a “man of extremes”. However, after spying on friends and colleagues for more than 20 years, Gratzik decided to voluntarily expose himself in the 1980s.

Synopsis

The story of the complex man and 75-year-old writer named Paul Gratzik, who worked as a Stasi informant in the GDR and was known as a “man of extremes”. However, after spying on friends and colleagues for more than 20 years, Gratzik decided to voluntarily expose himself in the 1980s.

Our take

A Stasi informant for 20 years, writer Paul Gratzik finally quit and showed his identity in the 1980s. Annekatrin Hendel’s documentary Vaterlandsverräter is at once a revealing portrait of an extraordinary individual and a tumultuous unveiling of a social history too often kept under wraps.