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The Girl from Auschwitz (2005)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 16M

Director : Stefan Jarl

Synopsis

A portrait of the legendary Swedish journalist and writer Cordelia Edvardson (1929-2012). She was only fourteen when she alone was brought to the concentration camp of Theresienstadt and later to the camp of Auschwitz.

Actors

Cordelia Edvardson
Cordelia Edvardson
herself
Angelo Di Ponziano
Angelo Di Ponziano
the boy
Gunnel Lindblom
Gunnel Lindblom
the voice
Anita Molander
Anita Molander
the teacher

Crews

Stefan Jarl
Stefan Jarl
Director
Cordelia Edvardson
Cordelia Edvardson
Writer
Ulf Dageby
Ulf Dageby
Music
Halldór Gunnarsson
Halldór Gunnarsson
Cinematography

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