The Last Year

The Last Year
Directed by	E.W. Fiedler Hans Heinrich
Written by	Ludwig Turek (novel) Richard Nicolas Marieluise Steinhauer
Starring	Inge Keller Hans Klering Hermann Stövesand
Cinematography	Karl Plintzner
Edited by	Anneliese Schlüter
Music by	Horst Hans Sieber
Production company	DEFA
Distributed by	VEB Progress Film
Release date	12 April 1951 (1951-04-12)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	East Germany
Language	German

The Last Year (German: Die letzte Heuer) is a 1951 East German drama film directed by E.W. Fiedler and Hans Heinrich and starring Inge Keller, Hans Klering and Hermann Stövesand. It was made by the state-controlled DEFA in communist East Germany. Filming took place at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by Wilhelm Depenau and Artur Günther.

Cast

• Inge Keller as Charly
• Hans Klering as Heini Holler
• Hermann Stövesand as Ferdinand
• Peter Marx as Schorsch
• Gustav Püttjer as Gustav
• Ralf Siebert as Moses
• Gerd Frickhöffer as Blague
• Otto Stübler as Konsul
• Reinhard Kolldehoff as Kommissar
• Lutz Götz as Moulin
• Peter Lehmbrock as 1. Heizer
• Hans Rose as 2. Heizer
• Werner Pledath as Kapitän
• Helmut Bautzmann as Französischer Seemann
• Johannes Bergfeldt as Holländischer Seemann
• Maria Besendahl as Frau Primm
• Albrecht Bethge as Höherer SS-Offizier
• Louis Brody
• Friedrich Wilhelm Dann as Englischer Dolmetscher
• Georg Dücker as Deutscher Dolmetscher
• Hans Fiebrandt as Gestapobeamter Möller
• Ursula Friese as Hafenmädchen
• Gerhard Gustke as Französischer Polizist
• Hans Jaeckel as SS-Protokollführer
• Wolf Kaiser as Langer SS-Mann
• Johannes Knittel as Sekretär der ISH
• Hans-Erich Korbschmitt as Gestapobeamter Schröder
• Alwin Lippisch as Mexiaknischer Kapitän
• Frank Michelis as Französischer Lagerarbeiter
• Erwin Mosblech as Französischer Polizist
• Gerda Müller as Hafenmädchen
• Erich Nadler as Irischer Seemann
• Willi Narloch as Spanischer Dolmetscher
• Peter Peterz as Kanzleisekretär
• Conrad Pfenning as SS-Arzt
• Günther Polensen as Französischer Polizeioffizier
• Hannes Ponsel as Gestapobeamter Franke
• Herbert Richter as Bootsmann
• Martin Rickelt as 1. deutscher Seemann
• Michael Symo as 1. Offizier der »Tampico«
• Friedrich Teitge as Ansager
• Nico Turoff as Französischer Seemann
• Christine von Trümbach as Frau Moulin

Bibliography

• Dieter Reimer. DEFA-Stars. Militzke Verlag, 2004.

External links

• The Last Year at IMDb