Notes
Archive Reference: N-504028.
Contributors: Jentsch, Gerhard.
Production Company: DEFA.
Reproduction of: ...Und jeder hatte einen Namen… GDR (German Democratic Republic), c. 1974. 16mm Comb col pos.
Description based on online resource (viewed on 17 October, 2017).
Summary
Documentary focusing on the solidarity between communists interned at Buchenwald concentration camp during World War II. [WARNING: includes distressing content and images of corpses.]. Tracing the classical history of Weimar, through the rise of Hitler and beyond, this film uses numerous interviews with survivors of the camp to illustrate day-to-day life and the resilience of the Communist movement.
Cast
Sturm, Peter; Bartel, Walter; Bauer, Erich; Feiler, Baptist; Siewert, Robert; Reschke, Erich; Kohler, Kurt; Paul, Marcel; Greve, Ferdinand de; Kjung, Nicolai; Czarnecki, Waclaw; Moulis, Miloslav; Apitz, Bruno; Baklanow, Stepan