Hasenjagd – Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen (1994)
Overview
This film is based on the actual events referred to as the "Mühlviertler Hasenjagd" (Hare-hunt in the Mühlviertel) which occurred in February 1945 around the Mauthausen concentration camp. 500 Soviet officers form death block 20 attempt to escape, but only 150 of them actually succeed. Following the tally-ho of the SS, a barbaric manhunt begins. Only very few fugitives survive. With a lot of good luck, the two young officers Michail and Nikolai reach the Karner family's farm. Frau Karner persuades her husband to hide the two escapees.
Cast
Oliver Broumis
Michail
Elfriede Irrall
Frau Karner
Merab Ninidze
Nikolai
Rüdiger Vogler
Hauptwachtmeister
Rainer Egger
Fredl Karner
Kirsten Nehberg
Mitzi Karner
Thierry van Werveke
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