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Last to Know

2006 · 72 min

A sober, quietly harrowing sit with people still living in the shadow of what was done to them.

Directed by
Marc Bauder, Dörte Franke
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Dagny Dewath, Utz Rachowski
Overview
In the documentary Last To Know political prisoners, sent to jail for openly opposing the East German regime that existed until the German reunification in 1990, talk about their times of trial and their lives today. Neither they, nor their families have come to terms with what happened.

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Directed by
Marc Bauder, Dörte Franke
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Dagny Dewath, Utz Rachowski
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • justice
  • trauma
  • memory
  • isolation
Places
  • prison
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism10
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Marc Bauder, Dörte Franke
Written by
Dörte Franke, Marc Bauder
Starring
Dagny Dewath, Utz Rachowski
Cinematography
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Runtime
72 min
Country
Germany
Languages
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