Das letzte Wort
The starting point of the story is a scandalous affair that took place in West Germany at the end of the 1950s. It began with the unexpected death of a member of the Bundestag who was known to the public as a well-paid lawyer and influential man in politics. What was not known, however, was that he mysteriously died of poisoning in a foreign hospital for the poor. It was concealed that the deceased, as a contact person for a Swiss arms company, represented a West German arms contract worth 2.5 billion marks. The Military Counterintelligence Service tried everything to conceal the explosive events...
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Cast
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Hannjo Hasse
Fred Burger
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Gisela May
Anna Rosier
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Jessy Rameik
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Horst Schön
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Rolf Hoppe
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Fred Düren
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Martin Flörchinger
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Vera Oelschlegel
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Helmut Schreiber
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Gerry Wolff
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Wolfgang Luderer Director · Peter Krause Cinematographer Ilse Peters Editor
First release July 17, 1971 · Produced in XG · Production DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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Fernsehen der DDR
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DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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XG
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Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · July 17, 1971
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