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Title The axe of wandsbek = (Das Beil von Wandsbek).

Publication Info. [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 150 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
digital
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Note Title from title frames.
Event Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1951.
Summary Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen (Erwin Geschonneck) 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. 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. Despite positive reviews, the film was withdrawn shortly after its premiere; it became the first East German film ever to be banned. The film is adapted from one of the most important works by German-Jewish author Arnold Zweig; basing the story on real events, Zweig wrote the novel in exile in Palestine in 1943.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject Motion pictures.
National socialism.
Nazis.
Executions and executioners -- Germany (East)
Germany (East)
Genre/Form Feature films.
Added Author Harnack, Falk, director.
Braun, Käthe, actor.
Geschonneck, Erwin, 1906-2008, actor.
Helmke, Gefion, 1909-2001, actor.
Kleinau, Willy A., 1907-1957, actor.
Meissner, Ursula, actor.
Schröder, Arthur, actor.
Kanopy (Firm)
Added Title (Das Beil von Wandsbek).
Music No. 1116590 Kanopy
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