Das Beil Von Wandsbek

A German language film adaptation, with English subtitles, of Arnold Zweig's novel, THE AX OF WANDSBEK. Uses details of persons, locations and the atmosphere of Hamburg during the Thirties, and becomes a parable for the fate of the German petit bourgeois who wants to save himself with the help of national socialism and in doing so ruins himself.

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  1. A-V Online (National Information Center for Educational Media). CD-ROM database of educational and documentary media, compiled and maintained by the National Information Center for Educational Media (NICEM). — title, year, creator, length, format, sound, description
  2. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — catalog record