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Beyer, Frank 1932-2006 Blue collar workers Germany (East) Drama Concentration camps Germany Drama German language films Germany (East) Officials and employees Drama Jewish ghettos Poland Drama Man-woman relationships Drama Motion picture producers and directors Germany Neutsch, Erik Film and video adaptations Triangles (Interpersonal relations) DramaFilter By Subjects
Beyer, Frank 1932-2006 Blue collar workers Germany (East) Drama Concentration camps Germany Drama German language films Germany (East) Officials and employees Drama Jewish ghettos Poland Drama Man-woman relationships Drama Motion picture producers and directors Germany Neutsch, Erik Film and video adaptations Triangles (Interpersonal relations) DramaSummary: Trapped in a Polish ghetto with thousands of other Jews facing starvation or deportation to the death camps, Jacob is detained one evening at the local Gestapo headquarters. Eavesdropping, he overhears a radio report about a nearby Russian victory. At first he is silent, but circumstances compel him to pass on the good news of hope. A simple, somewhat dour man, the stubble-bearded Jacob...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Icestorm International 1999
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN JACSummary: "The first German film devoted to life and death in a concentration camp tells the story of organized resistance by political prisoners in the Buchenwald concentration camp. When one of the prisoners smuggles a child into a camp, the men are faced with the question of how many lives may be endangered in order to save the life of the child. Based on a true story"--Cover text.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN NAKSummary: Set in the 1960's German Democratic Republic, a love triangle ensues when the new Party secretary and a beautiful engineer travel to a large construction site where a swaggering foreman rules, closely supported by his co-workers.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: First Run Features 2007