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Morituri
Genres
WarDrama
Overview
As the end of the Second World War approaches and the Soviet Red Army is advancing, a group of concentration camp inmates is helped to escape by a Polish doctor. They hide in a wood where they meet other fugitives, who have been there for months, constantly in fear of being discovered. Out of fear of the German army patrols, they do not dare to leave the forest, even as the food supplies run low.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
88 min
Release Date
1948-09-24
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
5.5
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Walter Richter
Dr. Leon Bronek
Winnie Markus
Maria Bronek
Lotte Koch
Lydia, die Polin
Josef Sieber
Eddy
Siegmar Schneider
Carl-Heinz Schroth
Armand
Alfred Cogho
Peter Marx
Joseph Almas
Willy Prager
Vater Simon
Annemarie Hase
Karl Vibach
Michael Günther
Erich Dunskus
Catja Görna
Stascha
Hilde Körber
die Irre
Klaus Kinski
Dutch prisoner
Gabriele Heßmann
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