The read
It runs a compact 1h 17m.
Synopsis
The first feature film to represent the Holocaust from a Jewish perspective. Shot on location at Landsberg, the largest DP camp in U.S.-occupied Germany, and mixing neorealist and expressionist styles, the film follows a Polish Jew and his family from pre-war Warsaw through Auschwitz and the DP camps.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Herbert B. FredersdorfDirector
- Marek GoldsteinDirector
- Israel BeckerWriter
- Karl Georg KülbWriter
Cast
- Israel BekerDavid Jelin
- Bettina MoissiDora Berkowitz
- Berta LitwinaHanna Jelin
- Otto Wernickedoctor
- Paul Dahlkedoctor
- Misha NatanPartisan
- David HartMr. Liebermann
- Heinz-Leo FischerChodetzki
- Aleksander BardiniFarmer
Themes
holocaust (shoah)jewish