Mensch und Bestie

original title:
Mensch und Bestie
other titles:
Covek i zver, Man and Beast
country / year of production:
Germany , Yugoslavia / 1963
original length:
88 min. , black/white
premiere:
29 June 1963, Berlin International Film Festival
genre:
melodrama
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director:
Edwin Zbonek
film script:
Sigmund Bendkover , Sveta Lukic
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cast (role):
Götz George , Günther Ungeheuer , Katinka Hoffmann
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plot synopsis:
The film takes place during World War II and deals with two German brothers. One of them is a prisoner in a concentration camp, the other is a guard. The prisoner flees and his brother, to whom the great plan means more than his family, has to find him and bring him back to the camp.
keywords:
Holocaust , concentration camps , escape , family on both sides of the front , single fighter , order and obedience
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
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remarks:
Was nominated for the "Golden Bear" in 1963.
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