''The Last Year'' (german: Die letzte Heuer) is a 1951 East German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by E.W. Fiedler and Hans Heinrich and starring

Inge Keller Inge Keller (15 December 1923 – 6 February 2017) was a German stage and film actress whose career on stage and screen spanned seventy years. She was one of the most prominent performers in the former German Democratic Republic. Thomas Langhoff ...

Hans Klering Hans Klering (8 November 1906 – 30 October 1988) was a German actor, director, voice actor, graphic designer and author. He joined the Communist Party and went into exile in the Soviet Union in 1931, returning to Germany in 1945. In 1946, he beca ...

and Hermann Stövesand.Reimer p.21 It was made by the state-controlled

DEFA DEFA (''Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft'') was the state-owned film studio of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) throughout the country's existence. Since 2019, DEFA's film heritage has been made accessible and licensable on the PRO ...

in communist East Germany. Filming took place at the

Johannisthal Studios The Johannisthal Studios were film studios located in the Berlin area of Johannisthal. Founded in 1920 on the site of a former airfield, they were a centre of production during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Nearly four hundred films were made at Joha ...

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. The film's sets were designed by Wilhelm Depenau and

Artur Günther Artur Günther (1893–1972) was a German art director.Giesen p.202 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during a lengthy career. Selected filmography * '' When the Dead Speak'' (1917) * '' Ikarus, the Flying Man'' (1918) * ''Alrau ...

Cast

as Charly *

as Heini Holler * Hermann Stövesand as Ferdinand * Peter Marx as Schorsch *

Gustav Püttjer Gustav Püttjer (15 May 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a German film actor who appeared in around 150 feature films between 1927 and 1959. He largely played character parts. After the Second World War he settled in East Germany appearing in the fil ...

as Gustav * Ralf Siebert as Moses *

Gerd Frickhöffer Gerd Frickhöffer (21 November 1913 – 4 July 1980) was a German film and television actor. He appeared as Captain Donvan in the television detective series '' Sergeant Berry''. Selected filmography * ''Chemistry and Love'' (1948) * '' Everyth ...

as Blague * Otto Stübler as Konsul *

Reinhard Kolldehoff Reinhard Kolldehoff (29 April 1914 – 18 November 1995) was a German film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1941 and 1988. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * '' The Gasman'' (1941) - Polizeibeamter (uncr ...

as Kommissar * Lutz Götz as Moulin *

Peter Lehmbrock Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

as 1. Heizer *

Hans Rose Hans Rose (April 18, 1885 – December 6, 1969) was one of the most successful and highly decorated German U-boat commanders in the '' Kaiserliche Marine'' during . He sank 79 ships for a total of during the war. World War I In September 1916, ...

as 2. Heizer *

Werner Pledath Werner Pledath (26 April 1898 – 6 December 1965) was a German actor who appeared in many films during a lengthy career. He generally played supporting roles such as in '' Five from the Jazz Band'' (1932).Youngkin p.465 Pledath specialized in pla ...

as Kapitän *

Helmut Bautzmann Helmut is a German name. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth. From old German, the first element deriving from either ''heil'' ("healthy") or ''hiltja'' ("battle"), and the second from ''muot'' ("spirit, mind, mood"). Helmut may refer ...

as Französischer Seemann *

Johannes Bergfeldt Johannes is a Medieval Latin form of the personal name that usually appears as "John" in English language contexts. It is a variant of the Greek and Classical Latin variants (Ιωάννης, ''Ioannes''), itself derived from the Hebrew name '' Yeh ...

as Holländischer Seemann *

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as Frau Primm * Albrecht Bethge as Höherer SS-Offizier *

Louis Brody Louis Brody (born Ludwig M'bebe Mpessa; 15 February 1896 – 11 February 1951) was a Cameroonian-born German film actor, musician and showfighter. Brody was born in Douala, in the German colony of Kamerun, now Cameroon. His career began in the 1 ...

* 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 Wolf Kaiser (26 October 1916 – 22 October 1992) was a German theatre and film actor. He grew up in Switzerland, where he studied chemistry and physiology. In 1937 he was deemed unfit for service in the Wehrmacht, and then went to Berlin where ...

as Langer SS-Mann * Johannes Knittel as Sekretär der ISH * Hans-Erich Korbschmitt as Gestapobeamter Schröder *

Alwin Lippisch Alwin is a German and Dutch form of Alvin and may refer to: * Alwin-Broder Albrecht (1903–1945), German naval officer, one of Adolf Hitler's adjutants during World War II *Alwin Berger (1871–1931), German botanist and contributor to the nomencl ...

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

References

Bibliography

* Dieter Reimer. ''DEFA-Stars''. Militzke Verlag, 2004.

External links

* 1951 films 1951 drama films German drama films East German films 1950s German-language films Films directed by Hans Heinrich Seafaring films Films set in the 1930s Films based on German novels German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios {{1950s-Germany-film-stub