
Martha Weiss, a Jew, is sent to Auschwitz concentration camp with her family. On the first day of their arrival Martha is, by a coincidence, chosen as an interpreter, but her entire family is killed. Waiting for the Red Army to deliver them from the prison camp, the film depicts Martha and her friends' struggling life under the tyranny of camp guards and equally bad 'capos', administrative personnel chosen from among the prisoners.... (Full plot summary below)
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Martha Weiss, a Jew, is sent to Auschwitz concentration camp with her family. On the first day of their arrival Martha is, by a coincidence, chosen as an interpreter, but her entire family is killed. Waiting for the Red Army to deliver them from the prison camp, the film depicts Martha and her friends' struggling life under the tyranny of camp guards and equally bad 'capos', administrative personnel chosen from among the prisoners.
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| New York TimesBosley CrowtherNo one can say that this picture is a pleasant thing to see, but it carries a powerful comprehension of the shame and pathos of one of history's darkest hours. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzOne of the most devastating and overlooked of the Holocaust films. |
| User ReviewIzabela Hanna WShocking, brutal and honest-Wanda Jakubowska, who herself survived the horrors of the German Concentration Camp Auschwitz, tells the world through the medium of film what has taken place in one of the most iconic annihilation camps of Nazi-Germany. A must see for everyone interested in history and in how humans can overcome even the worst fates possible. |