The Last Execution

Nahschuss

Genre

Drama

Director

Franziska Stünkel

Run time

1h 46min

Cast

Lars Eidinger, Devid Striesow

Franz Walter has just completed his engineering degree when the East German foreign intelligence agency makes him an offer. Dazzled by the many privileges that the new job brings, Franz accepts. He and his girlfriend move into the apartment provided by the spy agency and begin to settle into a comfortable new life. But his tasks become more and more horrid. When a work assignment suddenly requires Franz to resort to means that he cannot reconcile with his conscience, he decides to call it quits, but the Stasi won’t let him go.

Inspired by the true life and death story of a GDR citizen, Lars Eidinger shines in this subtle portrait of a man of many high and low aspirations, crushed by the times and politics.

Genre

Drama

Director

Franziska Stünkel

Run time

1h 46min

Cast

Lars Eidinger, Devid Striesow

Franz Walter has just completed his engineering degree when the East German foreign intelligence agency makes him an offer. Dazzled by the many privileges that the new job brings, Franz accepts. He and his girlfriend move into the apartment provided by the spy agency and begin to settle into a comfortable new life. But his tasks become more and more horrid. When a work assignment suddenly requires Franz to resort to means that he cannot reconcile with his conscience, he decides to call it quits, but the Stasi won’t let him go.

Inspired by the true life and death story of a GDR citizen, Lars Eidinger shines in this subtle portrait of a man of many high and low aspirations, crushed by the times and politics.

Info

Rating

(none)

Production year

2021

Global distributor

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Local distributor

Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ

In cinema

11/24/2021