Unter Bauern: Retter in der Nacht


1h 40m 2009

Brief Synopsis

Recounts how some courageous farmers in the Muensterland region gave refuge to Marga Spiegel's husband Menne, herself and her daughter under false names in their farmhouse between 1943 and 1945. The farmers succeeded in achieving the seemingly impossible: protecting the whole family for two years an

Film Details

Also Known As
Saviors in the Night, Unter Bauern
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Foreign
Historical
Period
Release Date
2009
Production Company
3l Filmverleih; Arte; Filmforum Köln; Pandora Film Produktion; Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Wdr)
Distribution Company
Pandora Film Produktion; Pandora Filmverleih

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m

Synopsis

Recounts how some courageous farmers in the Muensterland region gave refuge to Marga Spiegel's husband Menne, herself and her daughter under false names in their farmhouse between 1943 and 1945. The farmers succeeded in achieving the seemingly impossible: protecting the whole family for two years and saving them from deportation to the death camps without themselves having to pay with their own lives or being punished in other ways by the German government in those days.

Film Details

Also Known As
Saviors in the Night, Unter Bauern
Genre
Adaptation
Drama
Foreign
Historical
Period
Release Date
2009
Production Company
3l Filmverleih; Arte; Filmforum Köln; Pandora Film Produktion; Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Wdr)
Distribution Company
Pandora Film Produktion; Pandora Filmverleih

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 40m

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