Erich Honecker: movies and TV shows

Erich Honecker has 24 credits in the archive: 20 films and 4 TV series, from 1952 to 2026. Highest rated: Days That Shook the World (7.0/10).

Career timeline

1952 – 2026 · busiest year: 2021 (3 credits)

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2026	Kommunist	(Archivaufnahmen)	Film	—	113
2025	Stasi FC	Self (Archive Footage)	Film	—	112
2021	The Cars We Drove into Capitalism	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	108
2021	Stasi: A State Against Its People	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	108
2021	Der Maler Willi Sitte - Ein Leben zwischen Kunst und Politik	Self - Staatsratsvorsitzender der DDR	Film	—	108
2020	Das Ende der NVA - Wie die Bundeswehr die DDR Volksarmee übernahm	Archive Footage	Film	—	107
2019	Honeckers letzte Reise	Self	Film	—	106
2018	Karl Marx und seine Erben	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	105
2016	Fatal News	Self (archive footage)	TV	—	103
2012	This Ain't California	Self - Politician (archive footage)	Film	—	99
2003	Days That Shook the World	Self (archive footage)	TV	7.0	90
2000	Terra X History	Self (Archive)	TV	6.8	87
1999	Die Sekretäre	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	86
1992	Everything's a Lie	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	79
1990	Streng vertraulich oder Die innere Verfassung	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	77
1986	Return to Dresden	Self - Addresses Peace Activists	Film	—	73
1981	Äthiopien voran	Self	Film	—	68
1979	Madness. Reflections on the Cost of Murder	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	66
1979	Republic of Zambia	Self	Film	—	66
1976	102 Berlin - Palast der Republik	Self	Film	—	63
1976	Palast der Republik – Haus des Volkes		Film	—	63
1975	Waiting for Fidel	Self	Film	—	62
1974	Who Loves the Earth	Self	Film	—	61
1952	Tagesschau	Self	TV	6.8	39