The Quality of Mercy (1994)

Name: Hasenjagd
Director: Andreas Gruber
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1994-09-16
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Elfriede Irrall, Rainer Egger, Oliver Broumis, Merab Ninidze

Hasenjagd (original title)

1h 45min | Drama, War | 16 September 1994 (Canada)

It is the beginning of 1945 during WW2 in former Austria. 500 Russian prisoners of war who have refused to fight on the side of the Germans against their country were moved to the ... See full summary »

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Credited cast:
	Elfriede Irrall	...	Frau Karner
	Rainer Egger	...	Fredl Karner
	Oliver Broumis	...	Michail
	Merab Ninidze	...	Nikolai
	Volkmar Kleinert	...	Herr Kamer
	Kirsten Nehberg	...	Mitzi Karner
	Rüdiger Vogler	...	Gendarm Birker
	Franz Froschauer	...	Viktor
	Christoph Künzler	...	SS-Offizier Strasser
	Thierry van Werveke	...	Berghammer
	Anton Hörschläger	...	Bürgermeister Haberl
	Peter Rappenglück
	Wolfgang S. Zechmayer	...	Andrej
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Heidi Baratta	...	Rudis Mutter
	Thomas Morris	...	Genadij

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It is the beginning of 1945 during WW2 in former Austria. 500 Russian prisoners of war who have refused to fight on the side of the Germans against their country were moved to the concentration camp in Mauthausen awaiting execution. They decide to break out. One winter night the Russian prisoners make an escape. During the following shooting a great number of them gets killed. Some, however, succeed to hide in nearby villages. But the German Nazis convince the inhabitants of the villages to hunt the prisoners "like rabbits". Written by thompson <Thomas.Wachtler@uibk.ac.at>

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