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Das Beil von Wandsbek /

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"The main character is a butcher who serves as an executioner for the Nazis and also turns in four antifascists. After these atrocities become known, customers start to boycott his store, his wife takes her life and he shoots himself"--Container.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: DEFA, Icestorm International, Inc, University of Massachusetts (Amherst campus)
Other Authors: Harnack, Falk, Geschonneck, Erwin, 1906-2008, Braun, Käthe, Helmke, Gefion, 1907-2001, Zweig, Arnold, 1887-1968
Format: Video VHS
Language:German
Language Notes:In German with English subtitles.
Published: Northampton, MA : Icestorm International in association with the University of Massachusetts, [2000]
Subjects:
Nazis > Germany > Wandsbek > Drama.
National socialism > Drama.
Informers > Germany > Wandsbek > Drama.
Executions and executioners > Germany > Wandsbek > Drama.
Butchers > Germany > Wandsbek > Drama.
Suicide > Germany > Wandsbek > Drama.
Wandsbek (Germany) > Social life and customs > 20th century > Drama.
Germany > Social life and customs > 20th century > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, German.
Feature films.
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Summary:"The main character is a butcher who serves as an executioner for the Nazis and also turns in four antifascists. After these atrocities become known, customers start to boycott his store, his wife takes her life and he shoots himself"--Container.
Item Description:Based on the novel by Arnold Zweig.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
A foreign film (East Germany).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (111 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS format.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Robert Baberske ; music, Ernst Roters ; editing, Hildegard Tegener.