Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen (1994)

Directed by Andreas Gruber1h 45mHistory,War,Drama

This film is based on the actual events referred to as the "Mühlviertler Hasenjagd" (Hare-hunt in the Mühlviertel) which occurred in February 1945 around the Mauthausen concentration camp. 500 Soviet officers form death block 20 attempt to escape, but only 150 of them actually succeed. Following the tally-ho of the SS, a barbaric manhunt begins. Only very few fugitives survive. With a lot of good luck, the two young officers Michail and Nikolai reach the Karner family's farm. Frau Karner persuades her husband to hide the two escapees.

Year

1994

Country

Language

German

Release date

23 October 1994

TMDB

6.0 (11)

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