The Last Execution
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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...
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Peter Benedict
as Schreiber
Andreas Schröders
as Hagedorn
Kai Wiesinger
as Wagner
Dirk Böhling
as Müller
Christian Redl
as Hans Walter
Hendrik Heutmann
as Bernd
Florian Anderer
as Schulte
Ada Philine Stappenbeck
as Luisa Langfeld
Daniel Drewes
as Judge Nolte
Thomas Schendel
as Military Prosecutor Kühn
Paula Kalenberg
as Klara
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
as Professor Link
Inka Löwendorf
as Anja Hartmann
Hannes Hellmann
as Judge Bergmann
Hendrik Massute
as HVA-Employee
Thomas Hintze
as Physician
Lars Eidinger
as Dr. Franz Walter
Devid Striesow
as Dirk Hartmann
Luise Heyer
as Corina Walter
Moritz Jahn
as Bodo Renner
Peter Lohmeyer
as Panther
Hedi Kriegeskotte
as Margrit Walter