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While All Germans Sleep

19950.0 / 1072 min
Drama

Overview

After 50 years, Marek remembers his dangerous adventure as a five-year-old, when he and his friend Itzek left a Polish transit camp one night in 1942 – a few days before their evacuation to Auschwitz – to go get the toys they forgot at the ghetto. Based on Becker's personal memories and his 1980 short story "The Wall."

Cast

Ilja Smoljanski

Ilja Smoljanski

Julian

Robin Timptner

Robin Timptner

Itzek

Benjamin Kaatz

Benjamin Kaatz

Marek

Maria-Elisabeth Schwarz

Maria-Elisabeth Schwarz

Mädchen

Christiane Hagedorn

Christiane Hagedorn

Mareks Mutter

Mario Grünewald

Mario Grünewald

Axel Werner

Axel Werner

Gerry Wolff

Gerry Wolff

Reiner Heise

Reiner Heise

Jürgen Hentsch

Jürgen Hentsch

Narrator

Danne Hoffmann

Danne Hoffmann

Herman Lercher

Herman Lercher

Tilo Mandel

Tilo Mandel

Michael Page

Michael Page

Gretel Schulze

Gretel Schulze

Gerd Staiger

Gerd Staiger

Stefania Staszewska

Stefania Staszewska

Szymon Szurmiej

Szymon Szurmiej

Tadeusz Wojtych

Tadeusz Wojtych

Arno Wyzniewski

Arno Wyzniewski

Sławomir Głazek

Sławomir Głazek

Żyd

Crew

Helga Olschewski

Helga Olschewski

Editor

Peter Ziesche

Peter Ziesche

Director of Photography

Jurek Becker

Jurek Becker

Writer

Lorenzo Barcelata

Lorenzo Barcelata

Music

Frank Beyer

Frank Beyer

Director

Alfred Hirschmeier

Alfred Hirschmeier

Set Designer

Hanna Morawiecka

Hanna Morawiecka

Costume Design

Otto Meissner

Otto Meissner

Producer

Nicolaus Richter

Nicolaus Richter

Producer

Klaus Gotthardt

Klaus Gotthardt

Producer