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17 April 1961 (Sweden)
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A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp. | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 2 wins
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Excellent Character Study of Lost Innocence
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Susan Strasberg | ... | Edith, alias Nicole Niepas |
| Laurent Terzieff | ... | Sascha |
| Emmanuelle Riva | ... | Terese |
| Didi Perego | ... | Sofia |
| Gianni Garko | ... | Karl, German Soldier |
| Annabella Besi | ||
| Graziella Galvani | ||
| Paola Pitagora | ||
| Eleonora Bellinzaghi | ||
| Bruno Scipioni | ||
| Dragomir Felba | (as Felba Dragomir) | |
| Mira Dinulovic | ||
| Semka Sokolovic-Bertok | (as Semca Sokolic) | |
| Dirjana Doc |
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Spain:118 min | USA:116 min
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Edith, alias Nicole Niepas:
[dying words] They screwed us over, Karl, they screwed us both over.
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Featured in Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992) (TV)
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Quite an excellent character study of what people will do to survive. Although not as powerful as other prisoner of war films such as "Seven Beauties" it stands out because of the performances of all the women and especially Susan Strasberg who does a magnificent job starting out as the young innocent girl, hiding the fact that she is Jewish, a bewildering task, and her agonizing evolution into a hardened guard.
Don't look for huge sets and gruesome scenes of gas chambers and ovens here. It's not that type of film. It's a simple story of the slow chipping away of humanity that dire conditions force. Dignity and nobility give way to cruelty and inhumanity and simple survival becomes a thing to justify as time goes on. By telling this type of story through the eyes of a young impressionable person is excellent.