They Live in Fear

They Live in Fear

Young America... shows the way!

1944 · 65 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama

After witnessing the killing of a professor in concentration camp "Dachau" German student Paul emigrates to the USA. Here an American fellow student endangers Paul's new American existence and his family's which stayed in Germany.

Directed by Josef Berne · Written by Ruth Nussbaum

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