Das letzte Wort

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...

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Release Date

July 17, 1971

Status

Released

Original Title

Das letzte Wort

Runtime

3h 26min

Budget

Revenue

Language

German

Production Companies

Fernsehen der DDRDEFA