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The Last Execution

Original title: Nahschuss

Based on the true story of the secret death penalty in East Germany

  • Movie
  • 2021
  • 1h 56m

Directed by Franziska Stünkel

6.2

TMDB audience rating
6.2 out of 10 from 63 votes

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Overview

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...

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Cast and crew

  • Lars Eidinger

    Lars EidingerDr. Franz Walter

  • Devid Striesow

    Devid StriesowDirk Hartmann

  • Luise Heyer

    Luise HeyerCorina Walter

  • Paula Kalenberg

    Paula KalenbergKlara

  • Peter Benedict

    Peter BenedictSchreiber

  • Victoria Trauttmansdorff

    Victoria TrauttmansdorffProfessor Link

  • Andreas Schröders

    Andreas SchrödersHagedorn

  • Moritz Jahn

    Moritz JahnBodo Renner

  • Kai Wiesinger

    Kai WiesingerWagner

  • Peter Lohmeyer

    Peter LohmeyerPanther

  • Christian Redl

    Christian RedlHans Walter

  • Hedi Kriegeskotte

    Hedi KriegeskotteMargrit Walter

  • Neithardt RiedelCorina's Father

  • Monika HärtlCorina's Mother

  • Hendrik Heutmann

    Hendrik HeutmannBernd

  • Florian Anderer

    Florian AndererSchulte

  • Inka Löwendorf

    Inka LöwendorfAnja Hartmann

  • Ada Philine Stappenbeck

    Ada Philine StappenbeckLuisa Langfeld

Director
Franziska Stünkel
Writer
Franziska Stünkel
Music
Karim Sebastian Elias
Cinematography
Nikolai von Graevenitz