Top Secret – Die Geschichte der Spionage

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Top Secret – Die Geschichte der Spionage
country / year of production:
Germany , Austria / 2005
original length:
3x45 min. , color
premiere:
14 July 2006, ORF
genre:
Documentary
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director:
Dirk Posselt , Christian Weisenborn , Franz Leopold Schmelzer
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There are loads of rumours about conspiracies - for example about the assasination of President Kennedy or the accident of Princess Diana. Those things always inflame people's fantasy. Secret services alwas are something very fascinating. Already in the bible Moses sends out his spies to Canaan. But the 20th century with its two World Wars and the Cold War is the height of espionage. Finally, in the 21st century terror attacks like 9/11 are once again challenges for the secret services.
In this documentary special agents, chiefs of secret services, contemporary witnesses and experts report their experiences.
keywords:
espionage , secret service , betrayal, treason , documentary
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literature:
Peter Harbich. Staatlicher Geheimdienst und Privatwirtschaft: Private Akteure als Quellen, Konkurrenten und Kooperationspartner. Saarbrücken: Müller, 2007.

Julia Keay. Mata Hari. Tänzerin, Femme fatale, Spionin. München: Heyne, 1992.

Mary Ellen Reese. Organisation Gehlen: Der Kalte Krieg und der Aufbau des deutschen Geheimdienstes. Berlin: Rowohlt, 1992.

Heiner Timmermann (Hg.). Spionage, Ideologie, Mythos - Der Fall Richard Sorge. Münster: Lit, 2005.

Wolbert K. Smidt. Geheimhaltung und Transparenz: Demokratische Kontrolle der Geheimdienste im internationalen Vergleich, Berlin: LIT, 2007.
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Homepage: http://www.daserste.de/doku/beitrag_dyn~uid,q2lo4nsm15ws9gbv~cm.asp

Part 1: Helden und Verräter
Part 2: Agenten im kalten Krieg
Part 3: Die globale Herausforderung
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