The Murderers Are Coming

Overview

Brecht's play Fear and Misery of the Third Reich consists of a series of playlets, portraying National Socialist Germany of the 1930s as a land of poverty, violence, fear and pretence. Nazi antisemitism is depicted in several of the sketches, including "the Physicist", "Judicial Process", and "the Jewish Wife".

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1942

Original language

Russian

Spoken languages

Russian

Countries

Soviet Union

Production

Mosfilm,TsOKS

Cast

Boris Blinov,Oleg Zhakov,Ada Vojtsik,Mikhail Astangov,Sofiya Magarill,Aleksandr Violinov,Olga Zhizneva

Director

Vsevolod Pudovkin,Yuri Tarich

Writer

Manuel Bolshintsov,Vsevolod Pudovkin,Bertolt Brecht

Producer

Yefim Khayutin,Fridrikh Ermler

Cinematography

Boris Volchek,Era Savelyeva

Music

Nikolai Kryukov

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0035485