09 May 1997
Germans
A story about a German family during World War II with every family member having a different approach to Jews, raging from hatred to compassion.
1945: The Savage Peace
How, in 1945, after the end of World War II and the fall of the Nazi regime, the defeated were atrociously mistreated, especially those ethnic Germans who had lived peacefully for centuries in Germany's neighboring countries, such as Czechoslovakia and Poland. A heartbreaking story of revenge against innocent civilians, the story of acts as cruel as the Nazi occupation during the war years.
Top Billed Cast
Michael Pennington Narrator (voice)
Christa Ronke Self - Witness
Marianne Becker Self - Witness
Meda Mládek Self - Witness
Stanislava Zverinova Self - Witness
Helena Dvorácková Self - Witness
Milena Sukova Self - Witness
Hugo Fritsch Self - Witness
Emil Pupik Self - Witness
Peter Klepsch Self - Witness
Gerhard Gruschka Self - Witness
Dorota Boroczek Self - Witness
Horst Theml Self - Witness
Sieglinde Kenzler Self - Witness
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman Self (archive footage)
Иосиф Сталин Self (archive footage)
Karl Hermann Frank Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage)
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