The Last Execution

Synopsis

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...

Main Cast

Lars Eidinger

Dr. Franz Walter

Age : 48 | Popularity : 58%

Devid Striesow

Dirk Hartmann

Age : N/A | Popularity : 9%

Luise Heyer

Corina Walter

Age : N/A | Popularity : 33%

Paula Kalenberg

Klara

Age : N/A | Popularity : 14%

Peter Benedict

Schreiber

Age : 61 | Popularity : 31%

Victoria Trauttmansdorff

Professorin Link

Age : N/A | Popularity : 35%

Andreas Schröders

Hagedorn

Age : 57 | Popularity : 29%

Moritz Jahn

Bodo Renner

Age : 29 | Popularity : 31%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Franziska Stünkel
Writing	Writer	Franziska Stünkel
Production	Producer	Bettina Wente Wolfgang Cimera
Sound	Music	Karim Sebastian Elias
Editing	Editor	Andrea Mertens
Camera	Director of Photography	Nikolai von Graevenitz
Department	Role	Name

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