''The Last Shot'' (german: Der letzte Schuß) is a 1951 West German

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directed by

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and starring

Angelika Hauff Angelika Hauff (1922–1983) was an Austrian stage and film actress. She worked prolifically as a film actress in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War appearing in the lead roles in several successful films that included ''The Marriag ...

Viktor Staal Viktor Staal (17 February 1909 – 4 June 1982) was an Austrian film actor. Selected filmography * '' Everything for the Company'' (1935) * '' Eva, the Factory Girl'' (1935) * ''Das Einmaleins der Liebe'' (1935) * '' The World's in Love'' (1935) ...

and

Heinrich Gretler Heinrich Gretler (1897–1977) was a Swiss film and television actor, who also starred on stage at the Bernhard-Theater in Zurich. Selected filmography * '' The Mysterious Mirror'' (1928) * ''Struggle for the Matterhorn'' (1928) * ''The Man w ...

.Parish p.234 It is part of the post-war group of

heimatfilm ' (, German for "homeland-films"; German singular: ') were films of a genre popular in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. ''Heimat'' can be translated as "home" (in the geographic sense), "hometown" or "homela ...

, set in rural Southern Germany. It was made by a

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-based

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company at the

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. It was produced by the director's son

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took place around the

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. The film's sets were designed by Ernst H. Albrecht and Arne Flekstad.

Cast

as Hanni Manhard *

as Thomas Scharrer *

as Scharrer, Neuwirt *

Adolf Gondrell Adolf Gondrell (1902–1954) was a German stage and film actor known for his comedy roles. His name is also seen as Adolph Gondrell. After working as master of ceremonies at the Simplizissimus cabaret in Munich, "he bought the cabaret Simpl in 1 ...

as Forstmeister Manhard *

Gustl Gstettenbaur Gustl Gstettenbaur (1 March 1914 – 20 November 1996) was a German stage, film and television actor. Born in Bavaria, Gustl Gstettenbaur began his career onstage as a child actor in 1927, at the age of thirteen. He went on to play a variety of ...

as Jäger Martin *

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as Quirin, Knecht beim Neuwirt *

Georg Vogelsang Georg Vogelsang (1883–1952) was a German stage and film actor.Giesen p.216 He specialised in Bavarian character parts. Selected filmography * '' The Secret of Castle Elmshoh'' (1925) * '' Three Fathers for Anna'' (1939) * ''The Eternal Spring'' ...

as Gröberbauer *

Georg Bauer Georgius Agricola (; born Georg Pawer or Georg Bauer; 24 March 1494 – 21 November 1555) was a German Humanist scholar, mineralogist and metallurgist. Born in the small town of Glauchau, in the Electorate of Saxony of the Holy Roman Empire ...

as Jäger Bartl *

Elise Aulinger Elise Aulinger (11 December 1881 – 12 February 1965) was a German stage, radio and film actress. Selected filmography * ''The Favourite of the Queen'' (1922) * ''Martin Luther'' (1923) * ''What the Stones Tell'' (1925) * ''The Seventh Son'' (1 ...

as Gröberbäuerin *

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as Loni, Tochter vom Gröberhof *

Paula Braend Paula Braend (1905–1989) was a German actress.http://www.volkstheater-fan.de/actors/paula_braend.php Paula Braend Selected filmography * ''A Heart Beats for You'' (1949) * ''After the Rain Comes Sunshine'' (1949) *'' Die Alm an der Grenze'' ( ...

as Frau Manhard * Theodolinde Müller as Afra, Sennerin

References

Bibliography

* James Robert Parish. ''Film Actors Guide''. Scarecrow Press, 1977.

External links

* 1951 films German drama films 1951 drama films West German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Franz Seitz Films shot at Bavaria Studios German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films set in Bavaria Films set in the 1880s German historical films 1950s historical films {{1950s-Germany-film-stub