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The Last Execution
"Based on the true story of the secret death penalty in East Germany"
2021 1h 56m DE
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★6.2TMDB · 63
DramaThriller
Synopsis
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The ambitious scientist Franz Walter doesn't hesitate when he is promised a professorship at the university. He immediately accepts, pledges absolute loyalty to the system and agrees to work for the GDR's foreign intelligence service until he can take up his new position. Together with his colleague Dirk, he is sent on foreign assignments to West Germany. Franz soon has to use blackmail to get innocent people to talk. But his superiors go even further: GDR refugees and their relatives are targeted to be psychologically destroyed, forged letters, medical diagnoses, surveillance and wiretapping are on the agenda. However, this is more than Franz can bear: he feels powerless and increasingly isolates himself. When he then decides to steal secret documents for a later defection to the West, this results in an unfortunate chain reaction leading to his arrest and ultimately to his execution...
“Based on the true story of the secret death penalty in East Germany”
Cast
Lars Eidinger
Dr. Franz Walter
Devid Striesow
Dirk Hartmann
Luise Heyer
Corina Walter
Paula Kalenberg
Klara
Peter Benedict
Schreiber
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
Professor Link
Andreas Schröders
Hagedorn
Moritz Jahn
Bodo Renner
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Franziska Stünkel
- Writers
- Franziska Stünkel
- Languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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Fun facts 🍿
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Franziska Stünkel, shot by Nikolai von Graevenitz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Andrea Mertens shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Lars Eidinger and Devid Striesow and Luise Heyer carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Based on the true story of the secret death penalty in East Germany".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt11460512 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 63 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Franziska Stünkel directs. Nikolai von Graevenitz behind the camera. Andrea Mertens cuts. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 5 years ago.
- 2Directed by Franziska Stünkel, shot by Nikolai von Graevenitz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Editor Andrea Mertens shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Lars Eidinger and Devid Striesow and Luise Heyer carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "Based on the true story of the secret death penalty in East Germany".
- 6IMDB entry: tt11460512 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 63 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Nikolai von Graevenitz
- Editing
- Andrea Mertens
- Runtime
- 116 min · 1h 56m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
Also by
Franziska Stünkel
Production companies
Who made it
Network Movie
DE
C-Films Deutschland
DE
ZDF
DE
ARTE
DE
Franks Filmproduktion
DE
Key crew
- ProducerWolfgang Cimera
- ProducerBettina Wente
- EditorAndrea Mertens
- MusicKarim Sebastian Elias
- ProducerOliver Hack
- ProducerFrank Mähr
- ProducerBenjamin Seikel
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2022-05-25· German Film Festival
