Artur Becker

Artur Becker

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 19, 1971

Runtime

4h 50m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Artur Becker

Production Companies

DEFA, Fernsehen der DDR

Director

Rudi Kurz

Description

The young communist Artur Becker fights with the Interbrigades against the Franco putschists during the Spanish Civil War. He had experienced his baptism of fire in Germany at the time of the Weimar Republic during the Kapp Putsch. He was seriously wounded and arrested. After an unsuccessful escape attempt, he was interrogated several times by Spanish and German putschists and then shot.