The Axe of Wandsbek

The Axe of Wandsbek (1951)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1951-05-11
  • User Rating: 7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 50min
  • Language: Deutsch
  • Production Company: DEFA
  • Production Country: East Germany, Germany
  • Director: Falk Harnack
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Summary

Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen makes the biggest mistake of his life. Because his butcher shop is facing bankruptcy, he agrees to execute a group of political prisoners for the Nazis. Once this becomes known, Teetjen’s life falls apart.

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  • Erwin Geschonneck

    as Albert Teetjen

  • Käthe Braun

    as Stine Teetjen

  • Gefion Helmke

    as Käthe Neumeier

  • Willy A. Kleinau

    as Hans-Peter Footh

  • Ursula Meissner

    as Annette Koldewey

  • Blandine Ebinger

    as Mrs. Lintze

  • Maly Delschaft

    as Mrs. Lehmke

  • Fritz Wisten

    as Siegfried Mengers

  • Arthur Schröder

    as Dr. Koldewey

  • Helmuth Hinzelmann

    as Lintze

  • Hilde Sessak

    as Anneliese Blüthe

  • Claus Holm

    as Trowe

  • Erika Dannhoff

    as Lene Prestow

  • Albert Garbe

    as Otto Merzenich

  • Kurt Mikulski

    as Costume Distributor

  • Gert Schaefer

    as Willi Schröter
Directing Falk Harnack Director
Camera Robert Baberske Director of Photography
Writing Arnold Zweig Novel
Writing Hans Robert Bortfeldt Writer
Editing Hildegard Tegener Editor
Writing Falk Harnack Writer
Sound Ernst Roters Music

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