Into the Circle
Documentary about undercover agents in the German radical leftist scene.
2017 | 86m | German
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Hannes Obens, Claudia Morar |
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| Writer: | Hannes Obens |
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| INTO THE CIRCLE ( German: IM INNEREN KREIS) highlights the diverse psychological and political consequences of covert police operations. The undercover police officer, Iris P., investigated the Hamburg left scene as "Iris Schneider" for nearly six years. She had close friendships, and she had several years of intimate relations with people, who at the same she spied upon. After Iris P. was publicly unmasked in 2014, two more clandestine investigators were revealed as well. However, public surveillance can also affect people who would have considered it impossible. This is illustrated by the case of the police officer Simon B., who enrolled in the University of Heidelberg, to spy out peaceful left-wing students. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 06, 2017 |
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| Director: | Hannes Obens, Claudia Morar |
| Writer: | Hannes Obens |
| Genres: | Documentary |
| Keywords | political activism, undercover agent, heidelberg, police surveillance |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
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Updated: Jul 20, 2025 Entered: Jul 20, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
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| Christiane Schneider | Self |
| Gerhart Baum | Self |
| Andreas Blechschmidt | Self |
| Martin Heiming | Self |
| Jan Reinecke | Self |
| Kay Nehm | Self |
| Name | Job |
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| Hannes Obens | Director, Writer |
| Maurice Wilkerling | Camera Department Manager |
| Michèle Barbin | Editor |
| Anna Levinson | Animation |
| Claudia Morar | Director |
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| Dirk Manthey | Producer |
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