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The Last Execution

Original title: Nahschuss
  • 20212021
  • 1h 56m
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6.7/10
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Devid Striesow, Lars Eidinger, and Luise Heyer in The Last Execution (2021)
Life of Werner Teske, the last man to be executed in former East Germany in 1981 before the death penalty was finally abolished in 1987.
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Life of Werner Teske, the last man to be executed in former East Germany in 1981 before the death penalty was finally abolished in 1987.Life of Werner Teske, the last man to be executed in former East Germany in 1981 before the death penalty was finally abolished in 1987.Life of Werner Teske, the last man to be executed in former East Germany in 1981 before the death penalty was finally abolished in 1987.
IMDb RATING
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738
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    • Franziska Stünkel
    • Franziska Stünkel(screenplay)
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    • Lars Eidinger
    • Devid Striesow
    • Luise Heyer
    • Franziska Stünkel
    • Franziska Stünkel(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Lars Eidinger
    • Devid Striesow
    • Luise Heyer
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    • 14Critic reviews
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    Lars Eidinger
    Lars Eidinger
    • Dr. Franz Walter
    Devid Striesow
    Devid Striesow
    • Dirk Hartmann
    Luise Heyer
    Luise Heyer
    • Corina Walter
    Paula Kalenberg
    Paula Kalenberg
    • Klara
    Peter Benedict
    • Schreiber
    Victoria Trauttmansdorff
    • Professorin Link
    Andreas Schröders
    • Hagedorn
    Moritz Jahn
    Moritz Jahn
    • Bodo Renner
    Kai Wiesinger
    Kai Wiesinger
    • Wagner
    Peter Lohmeyer
    Peter Lohmeyer
    • Panther
    Christian Redl
    Christian Redl
    • Hans Walter
    Hedi Kriegeskotte
    Hedi Kriegeskotte
    • Margrit Walter
    Neithardt Riedel
    • Corinas Vater
    Monika Härtl
    • Corinas Mutter
    Hendrik Heutmann
    Hendrik Heutmann
    • Bernd
    Florian Anderer
    Florian Anderer
    • Schulte
    Inka Löwendorf
    • Anja Hartmann
    Ada Philine Stappenbeck
    • Luisa Langfeld
      • Franziska Stünkel
      • Franziska Stünkel(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The film's screenplay is based on the real-life case of accused East German engineer Werner Teske, executed in 1981, the last victim of the autocratic state.
    • Goofs
      The Longplay of the east-German Band "CITY" containing the Song "Am Fenster" was first published in 1978. 9 years after the scene where he put on the record.
    • Soundtracks
      Am Fenster
      Performed by City

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    10/10
    Important movie
    After seeing this it feels impossible to rate it with anything but 10.

    It's written after a true story, the last death sentence executed in and by the socialist DDR (East Germany).

    But in reality the film is not primarily about this death sentence but about the "work" of eastern German Stasi and the coldness and brutality with which this regime tried to uphold it's socialist ideas in the face of public opinion, not hesitating to lie, manipulate and kill, ruining lifes in the wake of its political agenda.

    The acting is absolutely brilliant, Eidinger plays the role with almost unreal intensity.

    The story itself is something that should be known, especially in face of the nowadays often romanticized life in Eastern Germany.

    It's not a feel good movie though....but it was not a feel good country either. Or only if you didn't look behind the scenes.

    Please watch. It's worth it from beginning to end.

    And it's a very relevant movie especially in times of the war in Ukraine and Russian propaganda at this very moment!
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    • Apr 15, 2022

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      • August 12, 2021 (Germany)
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      • Franks Filmproduktion
      • C-Films (Deutschland)
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