Nackt unter Wölfen (2015)
Genre: Drama / War
Duration: 105 minuten
Alternative titles: Naked among Wolves / The Camp
Country:
Germany
Directed by: Philipp Kadelbach
Stars: Florian Stetter, Peter Schneider and Sylvester Groth
IMDb score:
7,2 (4.349)
Releasedate: 1 April 2015
Nackt unter Wölfen plot
A few weeks before the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp, a three-year-old boy ends up in a suitcase in the camp. The child faces certain death, but other camp inmates do everything they can to protect him. They anxiously try to hide the child from the SS.
Actors and actresses
Hans Pippig
André Höfel
Helmut Krämer
Hermann Reineboth
Robert Kluttig
Alois Schwahl
Marian Kropinski
Hans Bochow
August Rose
Zacharias Jankowski
Reviews & comments
james_cameron
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- 7060 messages
- 9825 votes
Impressive German war drama from the director of the great miniseries Unsere Mutter, Unsere Vater. That level is just not reached, but that does not alter the fact that this has become a particularly compelling, intense and gripping film. Excellently played and convincingly designed too.
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John Barry
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- 3410 messages
- 638 votes
Pretty good movie. In a fairly realistic way, the film gives an insight into life in the Buchenwald concentration camp. At times the film is quite intense and some moments hit hard. The most interesting aspect of the film is the focus on the lives of the prisoners in the camp and the tensions between them. The acting of the cast is pretty good. Especially Sabin Tambrea as the SS commander made an impression.
I have some mixed feelings about the storyline of the three-year-old boy. On the one hand, it's nice to see that humanity can be found in a terrible place like Buchenwald. On the other hand, this storyline also came across a bit unbelievable. The SS search for the boy was a bit amateurish.
3.5*
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
A fairly strong Holocaust film without being outstanding. A Holocaust film without horror is like a pub without beer. Here the explicit horror is quite limited, but it is still tangible how sadistic and degrading things were in Buchenwald. Executions are not shown at close range. The hammer incident is a small exception to this. The torture scenes leave nothing to the imagination anyway. The screams and howls go through marrow and bone.
No idea if the boy's story actually happened or is fictional. I found the plot to be a bit odd at times. At times the SS realized only too well that they were being lied to (eg during the betrayal). Their actions were subsequently insufficiently proportionate to their reputation. The spotlight scene was also highly bizarre , leaving the boy so sought-after untouched.
Nice change also with real images of the American army. Like a ticking time bomb, they came closer and closer. In every Holocaust film, the persistence and will to survive of the camp inmates is striking. Despite all the horror, hunger, cold and pain, people continue to make it to the next day. Not the very best movie (though that's relative), but definitely recommended and still very good. Reminds me a bit of “The boy in the striped pyjamas” with the hidden child.
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