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Naked Among Wolves

Original title: Nackt unter Wölfen
  • TV Movie
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
4.3K
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Naked Among Wolves (2015)
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As WWII comes to an end, a group of Buchenwald's emaciated prisoners risk their lives for the safety of the camp's youngest inmate: a four-year-old Auschwitz-born Jewish prisoner. Is there a... Read allAs WWII comes to an end, a group of Buchenwald's emaciated prisoners risk their lives for the safety of the camp's youngest inmate: a four-year-old Auschwitz-born Jewish prisoner. Is there a future for the Buchenwald boy?As WWII comes to an end, a group of Buchenwald's emaciated prisoners risk their lives for the safety of the camp's youngest inmate: a four-year-old Auschwitz-born Jewish prisoner. Is there a future for the Buchenwald boy?

  • Director
    • Philipp Kadelbach
  • Writers
    • Bruno Apitz
    • Eugen Kogon
    • Stefan Kolditz
  • Stars
    • Florian Stetter
    • Peter Schneider
    • Sylvester Groth
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    4.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Philipp Kadelbach
    • Writers
      • Bruno Apitz
      • Eugen Kogon
      • Stefan Kolditz
    • Stars
      • Florian Stetter
      • Peter Schneider
      • Sylvester Groth
    • 20User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 12 nominations total

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    Florian Stetter
    Florian Stetter
    • Hans Pippig
    Peter Schneider
    Peter Schneider
    • André Höfel
    Sylvester Groth
    Sylvester Groth
    • Helmut Krämer
    Sabin Tambrea
    Sabin Tambrea
    • Hermann Reineboth
    Robert Gallinowski
    • Robert Kluttig
    Rainer Bock
    Rainer Bock
    • Alois Schwahl
    Rafael Stachowiak
    Rafael Stachowiak
    • Marian Kropinski
    Thorsten Merten
    Thorsten Merten
    • Hans Bochow
    Torsten Michaelis
    • August Rose
    Robert Mika
    • Zacharias Jankowski
    Matthias Bundschuh
    • Gotthold Zweiling
    Ulrich Brandhoff
    Ulrich Brandhoff
    • Heinrich Schüpp
    Torsten Ranft
    Torsten Ranft
    • Mandrill
    Andreas Lust
    Andreas Lust
    • Förste
    Marko Mandic
    Marko Mandic
    • Leonid Bogorski
    Jan Bavala
    Jan Bavala
    Leonard Carow
    Leonard Carow
    • Johann
    Janusz Cichocki
    • Zidkowski
    • Director
      • Philipp Kadelbach
    • Writers
      • Bruno Apitz
      • Eugen Kogon
      • Stefan Kolditz
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    8q-63260-25903

    Great movie!

    It is a great movie. The movie gives a good picture of what really happend. The movie is also exciting.

    I recommend you this movie for sure!
    6deloudelouvain

    Could have been much better.

    Nackt Unter Wölfen (or Naked Among Wolves) is based on a true story but it's just based and that means it is not the whole truth about what really happened. I can't help having the feeling that in Buchenwald Camp life was much worse than they made it out to be. Not that it looks like a cozy camp but I have serious doubts about the priveleges some prisoners had. I read from another reviewer that the images were hard to watch, while I thought they were not hard enough to show what really happened. The acting isn't bad though, but I just have problems with the authencity of the life at Buchenwald Camp. The movie could have been much better, but that's my opinion.
    8Mivas_Greece

    One of the great drama/war films and the concentration camps in WWII. Very well filmed overall. Totally recommended.

    War drama. We are in World War II and one of the many Nazi concentration camps. Everything indicates that Axis forces are losing against the Allies and the captured Jews hope to be freed soon. But they know SS can execute everyone in the camp before the allied forces arrive. So they've saved some weapons to fight back. But one of the new prisoners has the orphaned 3-year-old boy of a lost friend. Everyone there knows that if they tell the SS, the child will die. But as long as they hide it, they're in danger of both themselves and the counterattack they're preparing. Although it is a hypothetical story it realistically shows the events of that time. Also this film has real documentary of video and broadcast of that time. Serious film and with very good and convincing actors, while demonstrating the messages of that period. The lives of those who did not belong to the Nazis had absolutely no value. Everyday life in the concentration camp in the film is only a minimal sample of the events of the time. Overall excellent work, one of the very good films of the genre. It is proposed to everyone and especially to those who question the true history...
    9alsjeblieftnl

    Amazing true movie.

    This movie is a good remake of the old one with still holding the details. The realism was just phenomal with good storyline.
    8Erik_Surewaard

    A movie that shows how Buchenwald must have looked like.

    Based on a novel under the same name, this movie is a combination of (1) events that took place just before the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp; and (2) a fictional story that concerns the hiding and savior of a little boy.

    What is especially impressive in this movie, is how well the Buchenwald concentration camp has been reconstructed. The viewer gets a real good idea on how the camp must have looked like.

    Since most of the storyline takes place in de administrative buildings of the camp, the viewer unfortunately does not get a realistic view on the harsh and difficult life in the barracks where the prisoners lived. As such, this movie is unfortunately not representative for the extremely difficult life in the Buchenwald camp.

    A big plus of this movie, are the very good actors. The uniforms, vehicles, weapons and other props are excellent and make the experience all pretty genuine to the mid-1940's WW2 times.

    Overall, I score this movie 7.5/10, making it an 8-star IMDb rating.

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      In 1964, the East Berlinbased Berliner Zeitung am Abend located the child upon whose story the story was based: Stefan Jerzy Zweig, who survived Buchenwald at the age of four with his father Zacharias, with the help of two prisoner functionaries: Robert Siewert and Willi Bleicher. Bleicher, a former member of the Communist Party of Germany (Opposition) and the kapo of the storage building, was the one who convinced the SS to turn a blind eye to the child. When Zweig was to be sent to Auschwitz, prisoners who were tasked with compiling the deportees' list erased his name and replaced him with Willy Blum, a sixteenyearold Sinto boy. Zweig moved to Israel after liberation, and later studied in France. After he was discovered to be the 'Buchenwald child', he settled in East Germany, where he remained until 1972. Zweig received much media and the public attention in the country. Blum's fate was only disclosed after the German reunification.
    • Goofs
      Kapos and inmates would not have referred to SS NCO's and Officers as 'Herr' as this was only used for Heer, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine ranks. The use of 'Herr' was seen as a nod to the Prussian aristocracy which the SS eschewed.
    • Connections
      Referenced in La noche de...: La noche de... Desnudo entre lobos (2020)

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    • Release date
      • April 1, 2015 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Germany
    • Languages
      • German
      • Polish
      • French
      • Spanish
      • English
    • Also known as
      • The Camp
    • Filming locations
      • Camp Vojna, Príbram, Czech Republic(concentration camp)
    • Production company
      • UFA Fiction
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 45m(105 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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