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The Axe of Wandsbek ( German: Das Beil von Wandsbek) is a 1951 East German film, directed by Falk Harnack . Plot[edit] 1934, Hamburg. Adolf Hitler is about to visit the city. Hamburg's executioner falls ill, and is unable to deliver the sentence of four communists who are awaiting capital punishment in jail.
With Erwin Geschonneck, Käthe Braun, Gefion Helmke, Willy A. Kleinau. After a crime is committed during the Nazi era in the Reeperbahn area of Hamburg, the aspiring local leader, a ship owner, needs to find an executioner to kill the perpetrators and turns to a butcher.
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- Drama
- Falk Harnack
- 1950-05-11
The Axe of Wandsbek was the only DEFA film made by Falk Harnack, a former anti-Nazi resistance fighter who was interested in exploring the involvement of the middle class in Nazi crimes.
Adapted from the 1947 novel by Arnold Zweig, this gripping drama set in 1934 follows a man who is paid by the Nazis to serve as a public executioner and goes on to be rejected by his community. The Axe Of Wandsbek considers the role that common citizens played in Nazi crimes. Buy it on DVD
The Axe of Wandsbek (1951) directed by Falk Harnack • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd. 1951 ‘Das Beil von Wandsbek’ Directed by Falk Harnack. Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen makes the biggest mistake of his life.
- Falk Harnack
- DEFA
The Axe of Wandsbek Sinopse Depois que um crime é cometido durante a era nazista na área de Reeperbahn de Hamburgo, o aspirante a líder local, um armador, precisa encontrar um carrasco para matar os perpetradores e se transforma em um açougueiro.
After a crime is committed during the Nazi era in the Reeperbahn area of Hamburg, the aspiring local leader, a ship owner, needs to find an executioner to kill the perpetrators and turns to a butcher.
