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

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

Drama History War
Release Date: 1994, October 23
Directors: Andreas Gruber
Countries: Austria, Germany, Luxembourg
Production: ProvinzFilm, Daniel Zuta Filmproduktion, Rattlesnake Productions
Cast: Merab Ninidze, Rüdiger Vogler, Rainer Egger, Elfriede Irrall, Oliver Broumis, Thierry van Werveke, Kirsten Nehberg

Overview:

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.