The Axe of Wandsbek

1h 50m
Drama
7

Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen makes the biggest mistake of his life. Because his butcher shop is facing bankruptcy, he agrees to execute a group of political prisoners for the Nazis. Once this becomes known, Teetjen’s life falls apart.

Cast

Erwin Geschonneck
Albert Teetjen
Käthe Braun
Stine Teetjen
Gefion Helmke
Käthe Neumeier
Willy A. Kleinau
Hans-Peter Footh
Ursula Meissner
Annette Koldewey
Blandine Ebinger
Mrs. Lintze
Maly Delschaft
Mrs. Lehmke
Fritz Wisten
Siegfried Mengers
Arthur Schröder
Dr. Koldewey
Helmuth Hinzelmann
Lintze
Hilde Sessak
Anneliese Blüthe
Claus Holm
Trowe
Erika Dannhoff
Lene Prestow
Albert Garbe
Otto Merzenich
Kurt Mikulski
Costume Distributor
Gert Schaefer
Willi Schröter

Crew

Falk Harnack
Director, Writer
Hans Robert Bortfeldt
Writer
Arnold Zweig
Novel
Hildegard Tegener
Editor
Robert Baberske
Director of Photography
Ernst Roters
Music

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