Directed by:
Franziska StünkelScreenplay:
Franziska StünkelCinematography:
Nikolai von GraevenitzComposer:
Karim Sebastian EliasCast:
Lars Eidinger, Moritz Jahn, Luise Heyer, Peter Benedict, Devid Striesow, Hendrik Heutmann, Daniel Thomas, Stefan Woelk, Inka Löwendorf, Florian Anderer (more)Plots(1)
East Berlin, 1981. 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... This gripping historical drama is inspired by the life and death of Werner Teske, the last prisoner executed in the former GDR. (Cinemax)
(more)Cast
Lars Eidinger
West Germany
Best movies:
Dying (2024)
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Moritz Jahn
Germany
Best movies:
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Luise Heyer
West Germany
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Peter Benedict
Switzerland
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Devid Striesow
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
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Hendrik Heutmann
West Germany
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Daniel Thomas
Best movies:
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Parents Are the Better Liars (2017) (TV movie)
Nord bei Nordwest (2014) (series)
Stefan Woelk
Best movies:
The Dawns Here Are Quiet (2015)
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Inka Löwendorf
West Germany
Best movies:
The State I Am In (2000)
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Florian Anderer
West Germany
Best movies:
The Last Execution (2021)
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Dirk Böhling
West Germany
Best movies:
Curveball (2020)
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Thomas Schendel
West Germany
Best movies:
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
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Thomas Hintze
West Germany
Best movies:
The Last Execution (2021)
Georg Mitterstieler
Best movies:
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Leon Hoge
Best movies:
The Last Execution (2021)