
Not All Were Murderers
Drama · History · TV Movie
Overview
Based on the childhood memories of actor Michael Degen, the movie deals with the everyday struggle to survive as a Jewish boy in Nazi Germany. As his father had died in 1940 after being released from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, Michael and his mother fear to be deported themselves. They manage to live in Berlin with false names and faked papers, hidden by several, often broken, people...
Top Cast


Nadja Uhl
Nadja Uhl
Anna Degen
Nadja Uhl
Anna Degen


Axel Prahl
Axel Prahl
Erwin Redlich
Axel Prahl
Erwin Redlich


Hannelore Elsner
Hannelore Elsner
Ludmilla Dimitrieff
Hannelore Elsner
Ludmilla Dimitrieff


Dagmar Manzel
Dagmar Manzel
Martchen
Dagmar Manzel
Martchen


Merab Ninidze
Merab Ninidze
Russischer Offizier
Merab Ninidze
Russischer Offizier


Katharina Thalbach
Katharina Thalbach
Oma Teuber
Katharina Thalbach
Oma Teuber


Maria Simon
Maria Simon
Lona Furkert
Maria Simon
Lona Furkert


Richy Müller
Richy Müller
Karl Hotze
Richy Müller
Karl Hotze


Michael Schenk
Michael Schenk
Gestapomann
Michael Schenk
Gestapomann
Holger Kunkel
Holger Kunkel
Nazibonze
Holger Kunkel
Nazibonze
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