Morituri

Sep 24, 1948

1h 28m

★ 5.5

Overview

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.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

CCC Filmkunst

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Cast

Dr. Leon Bronek

Walter Richter

Maria Bronek

Winnie Markus

Lydia, die Polin

Lotte Koch

Eddy

Josef Sieber

Siegmar Schneider

Armand

Carl-Heinz Schroth

Alfred Cogho

Peter Marx

Joseph Almas

Vater Simon

Willy Prager

Annemarie Hase

Karl Vibach

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