
2 votes
1940
1h 31m
The focus of this wartime propaganda film from 1940 is the foreman Keith, who works at a Polish sawmill, not far from the German border. It is 1939 and the War is fast approaching. The Polish workers at the sawmill revolt and kill the mill's German owner, as well as threaten their German colleagues. Keith flees with the children of his dead boss and joins other German refugees on their way to safety across the borders of the Reich.
Directed by Viktor Tourjansky

Brigitte Horney
Anna
Willy Birgel
Keith
Iván Petrovich
Jan
Carl Wery
MartinReinhold Lütjohann
WegnerGerd Høst
Marianne WegnerArthur Fritz Eugens
Paul Wegner
Nicolas Koline
Andreas
Hedwig Wangel
LiskaHannes Keppler
Hans MartinKarl-Heinz Peters
Antek
Beppo Brem
WegereitJosé Held
StachFriedrich Ettel
Keller
Ludwig Schmid-Wildy
LessingWalter Holten
BöhmeKatharina Berger
Status
Released
Release date
November 7, 1940
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
German