Summary In 1942, in Vilnius, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate the ghetto in the capital of Lithuania, becoming the master of life or death. When he finds the gorgeous Hayyah sneaking with one kilo of beans stolen from the German army, he sentences her to death; but when he is informed that she was a former successful singer, he decides to activate the old theater and promote shows in the ghetto. The Jewish Chief of Police, Gens, uses the theater and a sewing factory to save as much lives as he can; in his ambiguous position, he kills Jews to save lives of others. View more details
Directed : Audrius Juzenas
Written : Joshua Sobol
Stars : Erika Marozsán Heino Ferch Sebastian Hülk Andrius Zebrauskas
Genres : History War
Release date : Jun 7, 2006
Countries of origin : Germany Lithuania
Language : English German
Filming locations : Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
Production companies : Dragon Cine Venture Image Entertainment
Summary In 1942, in Vilnius, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate the ghetto in the capital of Lithuania, becoming the master of life or death. When he finds the gorgeous Hayyah sneaking with one kilo of beans stolen from the German army, he sentences her to death; but when he is informed that she was a former successful singer, he decides to activate the old theater and promote shows in the ghetto. The Jewish Chief of Police, Gens, uses the theater and a sewing factory to save as much lives as he can; in his ambiguous position, he kills Jews to save lives of others. View more details
Genres : History War
Release date : Jun 7, 2006
Countries of origin : Germany Lithuania
Language : English German
Filming locations : Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania
Production companies : Dragon Cine Venture Image Entertainment
