The Axe of Wandsbek (movie)
Das Beil von Wandsbek- User score: 7
- Production country: East Germany, Germany
- Producer: Falk Harnack
- Production companies: DEFA
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 5/11/1951
- Run time: 110 min.
Movie description
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.