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Lebende Ware

Lebende Ware

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 10, 1966

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama, War

User Score

70%

Original Title

Lebende Ware

Production Companies

DEFA

Director

Wolfgang Luderer

Description

In 1944, SS-Obersturmbannführer Becher arrives in Budapest in order to obtain material for the Waffen-SS. At the same time, he starts to gather private property by offering an insidious choice to the corporation′s Jewish majority shareholder, Dr. Chorin: Either Chorin assigns the company to Becker "on his own free will" – thereby obtaining the permission to travel abroad - or he his family will end up in an extermination camp.