While All Germans Sleep (1995)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 12M

Director : Frank Beyer

Synopsis

After 50 years, Marek remembers his dangerous adventure as a five-year-old, when he and his friend Itzek left a Polish transit camp one night in 1942 – a few days before their evacuation to Auschwitz – to go get the toys they forgot at the ghetto. Based on Becker's personal memories and his 1980 short story "The Wall."

Actors

Ilja Smoljanski
Ilja Smoljanski
Julian
Robin Timptner
Robin Timptner
Itzek
Benjamin Kaatz
Benjamin Kaatz
Marek
Maria-Elisabeth Schwarz
Maria-Elisabeth Schwarz
Mädchen
Christiane Hagedorn
Christiane Hagedorn
Mareks Mutter
Mario Grünewald
Mario Grünewald
Axel Werner
Axel Werner
Gerry Wolff
Gerry Wolff
Reiner Heise
Reiner Heise
Jürgen Hentsch
Jürgen Hentsch
Narrator
Danne Hoffmann
Danne Hoffmann
Herman Lercher
Herman Lercher
Tilo Mandel
Tilo Mandel
Michael Page
Michael Page
Gretel Schulze
Gretel Schulze
Gerd Staiger
Gerd Staiger
Stefania Staszewska
Stefania Staszewska
Szymon Szurmiej
Szymon Szurmiej
Tadeusz Wojtych
Tadeusz Wojtych
Arno Wyzniewski
Arno Wyzniewski
Sławomir Głazek
Sławomir Głazek
Żyd

Crews

Frank Beyer
Frank Beyer
Director
Alfred Hirschmeier
Alfred Hirschmeier
Set Designer
Klaus Gotthardt
Klaus Gotthardt
Producer
Otto Meissner
Otto Meissner
Producer
Nicolaus Richter
Nicolaus Richter
Producer
Hanna Morawiecka
Hanna Morawiecka
Costume Design
Jurek Becker
Jurek Becker
Writer
Peter Ziesche
Peter Ziesche
Director of Photography
Helga Olschewski
Helga Olschewski
Editor
Lorenzo Barcelata
Lorenzo Barcelata
Music

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