In 1983 verleende de West-Duitse politicus Franz-Jozef Strauss (Josef Bierbichler) een miljardenkrediet aan het door hem zo gehate DDR-regime. De regelneef op de achtergrond was Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski (Horst Krause), tegelijkertijd onderdeel van het DDR-staatsapparaat, èn een goede vriend van Strauss. In 1989 dook hij met behulp van de West-Duitse geheime dienst onder, en na een aantal moeilijke onderzoeken startte er in 1995 een rechtszaak tegen hem. Het is echter de vraag of er ooit iets onrechtmatigs bewezen kan worden.
Nee, helaas is Dicke Freunde nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Horst Königstein | Director |
| Writing | Torsten Schulz | Writer |
| Camera | Udo Franz | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Hans-Peter Ströer | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Wiebke Koester | Editor |
| Writing | Adalbert Wiemers | Idea |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ursula Peters | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brigitt Fellermann | Costume Designer |
| Art | Wolfgang Schünke | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wolfgang Martin | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jürgen P. P. Meissner | Sound |
| Sound | Peter Techen | Sound |
| Sound | Klaus Matern | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | Johannes Anders | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Bettina Bosse | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Bettina Bosse | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Jürgen Millen | Key Grip |
| Camera | Stefan Schleiss | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Claus Balkenhol | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Werner Borkenhagen | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Gerd Schleicher | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Wolfgang Schulz | Property Master |
| Art | Roswitha Bentmann | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernst Sobotta | Wardrobe Master |
| Art | Herbert Rauhaus | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Alptekin Ergür | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Volker Meinhard | Graphic Designer |
| Visual Effects | Volker Meinhard | Animation |
| Art | Hermann Winkelmann | Graphic Designer |
| Visual Effects | Hermann Winkelmann | Animation |
| Crew | Adalbert Wiemers | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Peter Gitzinger | Scientific Consultant |
| Directing | Holger Kunze | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Philipp von Sell | Assistant Director |
| Production | Kersten Rodhorst | Unit Manager |
| Production | Katja Nienhaus | Unit Manager |
| Production | Fred Ilgner | Production Manager |
| Production | Wulf-Dietrich Kaminski | Production Manager |
| Crew | Gebhard Henke | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | Doris J. Heinze | Commissioning Editor |
