The House in Karp Lane

Overview

The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague’s Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also the owners of a stationery shop, who are driven to ruin by the German occupiers. The caretaker Glaser, who is of German descent, also comes under pressure when his son is arrested in a communist pub. To save his own skin, he informs on two young people who are active in the resistance.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 12, 1965

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

WDR,Independent Film GmbH

Cast

Miroslav Nohýnek,Jana Brejchová,Tamara Kafková,Eva Maria Meineke,Hana Vítová,Libuše Pešková,Václav Voska,Walter Buschhoff,Edith Schultze-Westrum,Josef Beyvland 17 more

Director

Kurt Hoffmann

Writer

Gerd Angermann,Moscheh Ya’akov Ben-Gavriêl

Producer

Heinz Angermeyer

Cinematography

Josef Illík

Music

Zdeněk Liška

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0057131