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1960
2h 15m
1945: Buchenwald concentration camp shortly before liberation: Polish inmate Janowski rescues a small child hidden in a suitcase. A child in the world of death means hope and danger at the same time. When his fellow inmates and members of the secret resistance group discover the boy, they are faced with a difficult decision. But in the end, humanity prevails. The original and first German feature film about life and death in a concentration camp based on an authentic story.
Directed by Georg Leopold

Johannes Wieke

Manfred Borges

Edwin Marian

Fred Delmare
Pippig
Peter Sturm

Hans-Peter Minetti

Gerd E. Schäfer

Herbert Köfer
Pribula
Michael Mellinger
Riomand
Wilfried Ortmann
ReinebothErich Mirek
Heinz Voss
Gert Kollat
Jochen Sehrndt
Heinz Schröder
Wolfram Handel

Angela Brunner
Paul Streckfuß

Siegfried Seibt
Richard Hilgert
Status
Released
Release date
April 10, 1960
Budget
—
Revenue
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Language
German