Originally produced as a motion picture in 1948. Wanda Bartowna, Hugette Faget, Tatiana Gorecka, Edward Dziewonski. Special features: Extra (Wanda Jakubowska, Wanda Bartowna, Antonia Gorecks, Barbara Drapinska) ; Also available.
Summary:
"Martha Weiss, a Jew, is sent to Auschwitz concentration camp with her family. On the first day of their arrival Martha is, by a coincidence, chosen as an interpreter, but her entire family is killed. The horrible lives of female inmates of Auschwitz are chronicled in this accurate recreation of actual events. Based on the actual experiences of film director, Wanda Jakubowska, as a prisoner of a German concentration camp." -- Container.
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