The Last Chance (1962)
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Original title | The last chance |
Country of production | GDR |
original language | German |
Publishing year | 1962 |
length | 80 minutes |
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Director | Hans-Joachim Kasprzik |
script |
Hans Oliva Hans-Joachim Kasprzik |
music | Günter Hauk |
camera | Otto Hanisch |
cut | Helga Krause |
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The last chance is a black and white TV film by director Hans-Joachim Kasprzik from 1962 , produced by the East German film production company DEFA , KAG “Berlin” on behalf of the German TV broadcaster (DFF). The film was based on the novel The Face with the Scar by Herbert Ziergiebel .
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The story of the Jewish pianist Klaus Seiser, who, during a concert, killed his former tormentor, the Gestapo officer Dr. Becker discovered in the parquet. Becker had betrayed him on the basis of a leaflet in 1943, after which Seiser spent several months in prison and was later interned in the Dachau concentration camp . The pianist then reports his former tormentor. Long after the crimes of the Nazis, Seiser hoped for justice.
Reviews
"Anti-fascist television film told in flashbacks, which draws its strength primarily from the restrained play of the main actor."
Web links
- The last chance in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The last chance. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .