Das letzte Wort

Overview

The starting point of the story is a scandalous affair that took place in West Germany at the end of the 1950s. It began with the unexpected death of a member of the Bundestag who was known to the public as a well-paid lawyer and influential man in politics. What was not known, however, was that he mysteriously died of poisoning in a foreign hospital for the poor. It was concealed that the deceased, as a contact person for a Swiss arms company, represented a West German arms contract worth 2.5 billion marks. The Military Counterintelligence Service tried everything to conceal the explosive events...

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 17, 1971

Original language

German

Spoken languages

german

Countries

East Germany, Germany

Production

DEFA,Fernsehen der DDR,DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme,Fernsehen der DDR, DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0323049