TV premiere: NAHSCHUSS - Film about death penalty in GDR

The feature film NAHSCHUSS by director Franziska Stünkel will celebrate its television premiere on Friday, 10 March 2023 at 8:15 pm on ARTE. The political thriller with a top-class cast including Lars Eidinger, Luise Heyer and Devid Striesow deals with the death penalty in the GDR. It is based on the real story of Dr Werner Teske, who was the last person to be sentenced to death and executed in the GDR in 1981.

Even today, the topic is highly relevant in a world of increasing autocratic systems. The film premiered at the 2021 International Film Festival in Munich. Despite the adversity caused by the Corona pandemic, the drama had a successful international theatrical release and was highly praised by the press.

A brief introduction to the content: Young Franz Walter (Lars Eidinger) has just completed his doctorate at Humboldt University when he receives an attractive offer from the GDR’s Foreign Intelligence Service (HVA). Dazzled by the many advantages the new job brings, Franz accepts the offer. Together with his girlfriend Corina (Luise Heyer) he initially enjoys his new life. …

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Image above: NAHSCHUSS, Film Still, Scene with Lars Eidinger

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