Germans

May 9, 1997

1h 52m

★ 5.5

Overview

A story about a German family during World War II with every family member having a different approach to Jews, raging from hatred to compassion.

Genres

Drama

History

War

Production Companies

Rubicon Film AS

Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych we Wrocławiu

Komitet Kinematografii

Figaro Film Production

Telewizja Polska

Germans Trailers

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Cast

Adela Soerensen

Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska

Willi Sonnenbruch

Scott Cleverdon

Maritza

Katarzyna Figura

Prof. Sonnenbruch

Per Oscarsson

Ruth Sonnenbruch

Vivian Schilling

Liesel Sonnenbruch

Beth Tegarden

Berta Sonnenbruch

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Joachim Peters

Matthew Sullivan

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