1945: Buchenwald concentration camp shortly before liberation: Polish inmate Janowski rescues a small child hidden in a suitcase. A child in the world of death means hope and danger at the same time. When his fellow inmates and members of the secret resistance group discover the boy, they are faced with a difficult decision. But in the end, humanity prevails. The original and first German feature film about life and death in a concentration camp based on an authentic story.

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Cast

Johannes Wieke

Manfred Borges

Edwin Marian

Fred Delmare

Pippig

Peter Sturm

Hans-Peter Minetti

Gerd E. Schäfer

Herbert Köfer

Pribula

Michael Mellinger

Riomand

Wilfried Ortmann

Reineboth

Angela Brunner

Siegfried Seibt