Nahschuss (2021)
Genre: Biography / Drama
Duration: 116 minuten
Alternative title: The Last Execution
Country:
Germany
Directed by: Franziska Stünkel
Stars: Lars Eidinger, Devid Striesow and Luise Heyer
IMDb score:
6,7 (1.564)
Releasedate: 12 August 2021
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Nahschuss plot
"Based on the true story of the secret death penalty in East Germany"
The recently graduated engineer Franz Walter receives a promising offer from the foreign intelligence service of the GDR. He is asked to support the GDR in the preparation of the upcoming World Cup football. In return, he is offered a professorship. Franz accepts the offer and promises to remain faithful to the system. In his companion Dirk he finds a well-meaning mentor who assists him during their missions to the Federal Republic of Germany. At first Franz just has to pass on information, but soon more is demanded of him.
Actors and actresses
Dr. Franz Walter
Dirk Hartmann
Corina Walter
Klara
Schreiber
Professorin Link
Hagedorn
Bodo Renner
Wagner
Panther
Reviews & comments
Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
Great film adaptation of a piece of history that still intrigues me. A rather hypocritical period behind the wall, where moral knights rule and a click culture hangs over society like a haze. It is also interesting to note in this film how they can attract certain interesting profiles by giving them all kinds of (material) privileges, making it (more) difficult to distance themselves from them.
And you often find yourself in a position where you have to choose sides. You are either for or against and there is no way back. The main character is a great character. An average man who is recruited by the state because of his intelligence. Knowing the condition, he accepts the offer and suspects that everything will not be too bad. It is interesting how the conflict of conscience builds up. The character Dirk is also very interesting and functions as a kind of alter ego, his opposite.
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BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
The fact that you already know in advance how the story ends makes this film less impressive than Das Leben der Andere (2006). Once again it revolves around the machinations of the Stasi, causing a man to become trapped. Lars Eidinger plays a versatile role.
The case was further complicated because, after German reunification, the prosecutor and the judge were themselves charged and convicted for their role in this lawsuit.
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