The Last Ones Shall Be First

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The Last Ones Shall Be First
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Directed by Rolf Hansen
Written by
Produced by Artur Brauner
Starring
Cinematography Franz Weihmayr
Edited by Anna Hollering
Music by Mark Lothar
Production
company
Distributed by Constantin Film
Release date
  • 27 June 1957 (1957-06-27)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Last Ones Shall Be First (German : Die Letzten werden die Ersten sein) is a 1957 West German crime film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring O.E. Hasse, Ulla Jacobsson and Maximilian Schell. [1] It is based on the short play The First and the Last by John Galsworthy which had previously been adapted into a British film 21 Days . It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Robert Herlth.

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  1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 417

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