Based on the true story of the secret death penalty in East Germany
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: he feels powerless and increasingly isolates himself. When he then decides to steal secret documents for a later defection to the West, this results in an unfortunate chain reaction leading to his arrest and ultimately to his execution...
Made in DE
6.2/10
2021
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Cast
Lars Eidinger
As Dr. Franz Walter
Devid Striesow
As Dirk Hartmann
Luise Heyer
As Corina Walter
Paula Kalenberg
As Klara
Peter Benedict
As Schreiber
Victoria Trauttmansdorff
As Professor Link
Andreas Schröders
As Hagedorn
Moritz Jahn
As Bodo Renner
Kai Wiesinger
As Wagner
Peter Lohmeyer
As Panther
Christian Redl
As Hans Walter
Hedi Kriegeskotte
As Margrit Walter
Neithardt Riedel
As Corina's Father
Monika Härtl
As Corina's Mother
Hendrik Heutmann
As Bernd
Florian Anderer
As Schulte
Inka Löwendorf
As Anja Hartmann
Ada Philine Stappenbeck
As Luisa Langfeld
Leon Hoge
As Horst Langfeld
Daniel Drewes
As Judge Nolte
Thomas Schendel
As Military Prosecutor Kühn
Hannes Hellmann
As Judge Bergmann
Dirk Böhling
As Müller
Georg Mitterstieler
As Man in Airplane
Hendrik Massute
As HVA-Employee
Thomas Hintze
As Physician
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