Morituri

Morituri

1948 · 88 min · ★ 6.7 · War, Drama

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.

Directed by Eugen York · Written by Artur Brauner

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Walter Richter Dr. Leon Bronek
Winnie Markus Maria Bronek
Lotte Koch Lydia, die Polin
Josef Sieber Eddy
Siegmar Schneider Pastor Gerhard Tenborg
Carl-Heinz Schroth Armand
Alfred Cogho Roy, Kanadier
Peter Marx Pjotr, Russe
Joseph Almas
Willy Prager Vater Simon
Annemarie Hase Mutter Simon
Karl Vibach Georg, deutscher Soldat

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