Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell
In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes from Spain; but is captured by the Nazis in 1940 and imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp, in Austria, a year later. There, he works as a prisoner in the SS Photographic Service, hiding, between 1943 and 1945, around 20,000 negatives that later will be presented as evidence during several trials conducted against Nazi war criminals after World War II.
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Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Jan 1, 2000
Runtime
0h 57m
Genres
Documentary, History, TV Movie
User Score
50%
Original Title
Francisco Boix: un fotógrafo en el infierno
Production Companies
Área de Televisión, Canal+ España
Director
Llorenç Soler
Description
In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes from Spain; but is captured by the Nazis in 1940 and imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp, in Austria, a year later. There, he works as a prisoner in the SS Photographic Service, hiding, between 1943 and 1945, around 20,000 negatives that later will be presented as evidence during several trials conducted against Nazi war criminals after World War II.
