Babiy Yar

Overview

Autumn 1941. The Soviet army flees Kyiv, chaos reigns, soldiers attempt to trade their uniforms for civilian clothes in order to escape unnoticed. The war and pending capture of Kyiv by the Germans is the only topic of discussion. Everyone has heard of the horrible things that have happened in other areas, where Jews were brutally and inhumanely murdered. Indecision and despair spread like wildfire among the population. As the German army marches in, fear and horror take over.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

July 3, 2003

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German, Russian

Countries

Belarus, Germany

Production

ARD Degeto,Degeto Film,CCC Filmkunst

Cast

Evklid Kyurdzidis,Anatoli Guryev,Barbara De Rossi,Axel Milberg,Michael Degen,Gleb Porshnev,Katrin Sass

Director

Jeff Kanew

Writer

Artur Brauner,Stephen Glantz

Producer

Artur Brauner

Cinematography

Tatyana Loginova,Sergey Bondarev,Alexandr Rud

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0348536