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Overview
The focus of this wartime propaganda film from 1940 is the foreman Keith, who works at a Polish sawmill, not far from the German border. It is 1939 and the War is fast approaching. The Polish workers at the sawmill revolt and kill the mill's German owner, as well as threaten their German colleagues. Keith flees with the children of his dead boss and joins other German refugees on their way to safety across the borders of the Reich.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 7, 1940
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Bavaria-Filmkunst Verleih
- Cast
- Willy Birgel,Friedrich Ettel,Beppo Brem,Arthur Fritz Eugens,Iván Petrovich,Ludwig Schmid-Wildy,Carl Wery,Gerd Høst,Hannes Keppler,Katharina Bergerand 7 more
- Director
- Viktor Tourjansky
- Cinematography
- Fritz Arno Wagner
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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