Released:
1994-10-23

Overview:
This film is based on the actual events referred to as the "Mühlviertler Hasenjagd" (Hare-hunt in the Mühlviertel) which occurred in February 1945 around the Mauthausen concentration camp. 500 Soviet officers form death block 20 attempt to escape, but only 150 of them actually succeed. Following the tally-ho of the SS, a barbaric manhunt begins. Only very few fugitives survive. With a lot of good luck, the two young officers Michail and Nikolai reach the Karner family's farm. Frau Karner persuades her husband to hide the two escapees.

Director:
Andreas Gruber

Runtime:
1h 45min

Genre:
History, War, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Oliver Broumis
  as
  Michail
• 
  Elfriede Irrall
  as
  Frau Karner
• 
  Merab Ninidze
  as
  Nikolai
• 
  Rüdiger Vogler
  as
  Hauptwachtmeister
• 
  Rainer Egger
  as
  Fredl Karner