As the end of the Second World War approaches and the Soviet Red Army is advancing, a group of concentration camp inmates is helped to escape by a Polish doctor. They hide in a wood where they meet other fugitives, who have been there for months, constantly in fear of being discovered. Out of fear of the German army patrols, they do not dare to leave the forest, even as the food supplies run low.
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Walter Richter
Dr. Leon Bronek
Known for
Pippi on the Run
Winnie Markus
Maria Bronek
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Lotte Koch
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Josef Sieber
Eddy
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Kora Terry
Siegmar Schneider
Pastor Gerhard Tenborg
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Martina
Carl-Heinz Schroth
Armand
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Alexander Zwo
Alfred Cogho
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Peter Marx
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Ernst Schneller
Joseph Almas
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Willy Prager
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Annemarie Hase
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Karl Vibach
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Eugen York Director · Gustav Kampendonk Screenplay Artur Brauner Story
First release August 28, 1948 · Produced in Germany · Languages Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian
Production
CCC Filmkunst
Production
Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
Dutch · English · French · German · Italian · Polish · Russian
Release dates
Italy · August 28, 1948
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Germany · September 24, 1948
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
July 1, 1949 · Theatrical
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