The Axe of Wandsbek

Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Falk Harnack

Status Released

Release Date 1951-05-11

Storyline

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.