Summary
Stationed in a secluded Bulgarian village in 1943, Walter – a German Wehrmacht sergeant and artist – lives in almost idyllic distance from the war. Then a transit camp is set up for Jews arriving from Greece. When Ruth, one of the internees, asks Walter to help a pregnant woman, the two form an unlikely bond.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 74GoodWatch 74
IMDb7.4
Running time
1 h 32 min
Shorter than most dramas, −17 min on the typical 109
typical 10992Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 127 countries
+117Released
1959
March 23, 1959
67 years ago
Genres
DramaWarLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
BulgarianGreekSpanishMade in
Bulgaria
XG
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 10 more15 people
- Sasha KrusharskaRuth
- Jürgen FrohriepUnteroffizier Walter
- Erik S. KleinKurt
- Stefan PejchevBai Petko
- Georgi NaumovBlashe
- Ivan KondovRuth's father
- Milka TuykovaPartisan
- SKShtilyan KunevDoctor
- Naicho PetrovPolice Govenor
- EHElena HranovaStarata evreyka
Leo ConfortiNervous jewish man
Grigor VachkovMontyor v rabotilnitzata
Yuriy YakovlevGerman officer
Itzhak FinziJewish Man
Waltraut KrammMuzzi's Friend
Directing · 4
- Konrad Wolf Director
- Zako Heskiya Assistant Director
- Michael Englberger Assistant Director
- Rangel Vulchanov Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Angel Vagenshtain Writer
Production · 4
- Valcho Draganov Producer, Production Manager
- Siegfried Nuernberger Production Manager, Producer
- Hans-Joachim Funk Unit Manager
- Boyan Marinchev Unit Manager
Camera · 5
- Werner Bergmann Director of Photography
- Hans Heinrich Camera Operator
- Lote Mihaylova Still Photographer
- Христо Вълчанов Camera Operator
- Manfred Damm Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Christa Wernicke Editor
Sound · 2
- Simeon Pironkov Music
- Erich Schmidt Sound
Art · 3
- Hose Sancha Production Design
- Alfred Drosdek Set Decoration
- Mariya Ivanova Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Albert Seidner Costume Design
- Otto Banse Makeup Artist
Other crew · 3
- Willi Brückner Dramaturgy
- Siegfried Wittke Property Master
- Kiril Lambrev Property Master
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