Film
The Axe of Wandsbek
XG- Age rating
- 12
- Director
- Falk Harnack
- Year
- 1951
Hamburg, Germany 1934: An executioner is needed. Teetjen makes the biggest mistake of his life. Because his butcher shop is facing bankruptcy, he agrees to execute a group of political prisoners for the Nazis. Once this becomes known, Teetjen’s life falls apart.
Top cast
Erwin Geschonneck
Albert Teetjen
Käthe Braun
Stine Teetjen
Gefion Helmke
Käthe Neumeier
Willy A. Kleinau
Hans-Peter Footh
Ursula Meissner
Annette Koldewey
Blandine Ebinger
Mrs. Lintze
Maly Delschaft
Mrs. Lehmke
Fritz Wisten
Siegfried Mengers
Arthur Schröder
Dr. Koldewey
Helmuth Hinzelmann
Lintze
Hilde Sessak
Anneliese Blüthe
Claus Holm
Trowe
Erika Dannhoff
Lene Prestow
Albert Garbe
Otto Merzenich
Kurt Mikulski
Costume Distributor
Gert Schaefer
Willi Schröter
Directed by
Falk Harnack
Written by
Falk Harnack, Hans Robert Bortfeldt
