Witness Out of Hell
1966 film
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Witness Out of Hell (German: Zeugin aus der Hölle) is a 1966 West German-Yugoslavian drama film directed by Zika Mitrovic and starring Irene Papas, Daniel Gélin and Heinz Drache.[1] [2] It was shot at the Spandau Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Miomir Denic, Aleksandar Milovic and Heinrich Weidemann.
Directed byZika Mitrovic
Written byFrida Filipovic
Michael Mansfeld
Michael Mansfeld
Produced byArtur Brauner
Peter Hahne
Aleksander Krstic
Peter Hahne
Aleksander Krstic
StarringIrene Papas
Daniel Gélin
Heinz Drache
Daniel Gélin
Heinz Drache
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| Directed by | Zika Mitrovic |
| Written by | Frida Filipovic Michael Mansfeld |
| Produced by | Artur Brauner Peter Hahne Aleksander Krstic |
| Starring | Irene Papas Daniel Gélin Heinz Drache |
| Cinematography | Milorad Markovic |
| Edited by | Ursula Kahlbaum Katarina Stojanovic |
| Music by | Vladimir Kraus-Rajteric |
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| Distributed by | J. Arthur Rank Film |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Countries | West Germany Yugoslavia |
| Language | German |
Synopsis
During the Second World War Lea Weiss, Jewish woman from Poland was forced to work in a brothel at Auschwitz and then was the victim of medical experiments. Twenty years later prosecutors at a war crimes tribunal hope she can be their stat witness in the trial of the perpetrators.
Cast
- Irene Papas as Lea Weiss
- Daniel Gélin as Bora Petrovic
- Heinz Drache as Hoffmann
- Jean Claudio as Charlos Bianchi
- Werner Peters as Von Walden
- Radmila Gutesa as Elsa
- Petar Banicevic as Fischer
- Alice Treff as Frau von Keller
- Hans Zesch-Ballot as Dr. Berger
- Darko Tatic as Recepcioner Alfred
- Zorica Gajdas as Dama sa kucicima
- Nikola Jovanovic as Posetilac dame sa kucicima
