The Last Chance (1962)

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Movie
Original title The last chance
Country of production GDR
original language German
Publishing year 1962
length 80 minutes
Rod
Director Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
script Hans Oliva
Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
music Günter Hauk
camera Otto Hanisch
cut Helga Krause
occupation

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 .

action

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

Individual evidence

  1. The last chance. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used