CinemaOSMovie · 2014 · 1h 37m

Codename Pirate

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Was my father really a spy, as his file in the former East German Secret Service (STASI) suggests? This question marks the starting point of a son’s journey into his late father’s past which still remains somewhat mysterious even today. Eric Asch is looking for answers – in the Stasi archives, at the NSA and in his own family history. The result is a very personal documentary which reports ironically about the practices of secret service during the Cold War.

Directed byEric Asch

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1h 37m
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Released
April 15, 2014
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