The Jewish married couple Fryda and Alek succeed in escaping the Warsaw Ghetto with photographs documenting the Nazi atrocities in 1943. A German woman who offers to help Alek hide. In turn, he feels compelled to pretend that Fryda is his sister – and before long is sharing his German rescuer's bed.
Where
W. M. Blumenthal Academy, Library
Fromet-und-Moses-Mendelssohn-Platz 1, 10969 Berlin
Postal address: Lindenstraße 9-14, 10969 Berlin
The film, featuring international stars, explores the price of survival and shows the emotional consequences of constantly fearing discovery and murder.
Scene from the movie Warsaw
CCC Filmkunst
Starring Hanna Schygulla, Lambert Wilson and Julie Delpy. Directed by Janusz Kijowski.
Share, Newsletter, Feedback
Film Collection: Artur Brauner Collection (21)
Artur Brauner Collection
The media library of our Library presents selected work by one of the most successful film producers in German post-war history.
-
Babiy Yar: The Forgotten Crime (2003)
Starring Michael Degen, Katrin Saß, and Axel Milberg. Directed by Jeff Kanew
-
A Love in Germany (1983)
Starring Hanna Schygulla, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Otto Sander. Directed by Andrzej Wajda.
-
Ruth (1984)
With Sharon Brauner, Günter Lamprecht, and Mathieu Carrière. Directed by Jerzy Hoffman.
-
Witness out of Hell (1967)
Starring Irene Papas, Heinz Drache, and Daniel Gélin. Directed by Živorad Mitrović
-
From Hell to Hell (1997)
Starring Anja Kling. Directed by Dmitri Astrachan.
-
Morituri (1948)
Starring Walter Richter, Lotte Koch, and Klaus Kinski. Directed by Eugen York.
-
Man and Beast (1963)
A film from the Artur Brauner Collection at our library
-
Sweetheart of the Gods (1960)
Starring Ruth Leuwerik, Peter van Eyck, and Harry Meyen. Directed by Gottfried Reinhardt.
-
Europa Europa (1990)
Starring Marco Hofschneider, Julie Delpy, and Hanns Zischler. Directed by Agnieszka Holland.
-
Hanussen (1988)
Starring Klaus Maria Brandauer. Directed by István Szabó.
-
Murder by Signature (1961)
Written and directed by Erwin Leiser
-
Angry Harvest (1985)
Starring Armin Mueller-Stahl and Elisabeth Trissenaar. Directed by Agnieszka Holland.
-
The White Rose (1982)
Starring Lena Stolze, Ulrich Tukur, and Martin Benrath. Directed by Michael Verhoeven.
-
The Passerby (1982)
With Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, and Helmut Griem. Directed by Jacques Rouffio.
-
The Rose Garden (1989)
Starring Maximilian Schell and Liv Ullmann. Directed by Fons Rademakers.
-
Exiled/Izgoy (1991)
Starring Jossi Pollak. Directed by Vladimir Saveljev.
-
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970)
Starring Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda and Helmut Berger. Directed by Vittorio De Sica
-
Warsaw: Year 5703 (1992)
Starring Hanna Schygulla, Lambert Wilson and Julie Delpy. Directed by Janusz Kijowski.
-
The Plot to Assassinate Hitler (1955)
Starring Wolfgang Preiss, Annemarie Düringer, and Robert Freitag. Directed by Falk Harnack.
-
Charlotte (1980)
Starring Birgit Doll, Elisabeth Trissenaar and Derek Jacobi. Directed by Frans Weisz.
-
You Are Free, Dr. Korczak (1974)
Starring Leo Genn. Directed by Aleksander Ford.