Drama ·War · East Germany · 1963 · 2h 4m

Naked Among Wolves

Nackt unter Wölfen

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Director

Cast

Erwin Geschonneck as Krämer Armin Mueller-Stahl as Höfel Fred Delmare as Pippig Gerry Wolff as Bochow Viktor Avdyushko as Bogorski Zygmunt Malanowicz as Przybyła

Crew

Günter Marczinkowsky — Director of Photography Hildegard Conrad — Editor Joachim Werzlau — Original Music Composer Frank Beyer — Screenplay Bruno Apitz — Screenplay Bruno Apitz — Novel

Tagline

Sometimes there are a few who stand like men...

Synopsis

Based on a true story of inmates at KZ Buchenwald that risked their lives to hide a small Jewish boy shortly before the liberation of the camp.

Mood & Themes

prisoner holocaust (shoah)gas chamber infant kz buchenwald east germany nazism war criminal kapo

Key Collaborators

Frank Beyer Director Günter Marczinkowsky Director of Photography Hildegard Conrad Editor Joachim Werzlau Original Music Composer Frank Beyer Screenplay Bruno Apitz Screenplay Bruno Apitz Novel Günter Schmidt Costume Design

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