
Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell
Documentary · History · TV Movie
Overview
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.
Top Cast


José Sacristán
José Sacristán
Himself - Narrator (voice)
José Sacristán
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Joaquín López-Raimundo
Joaquín López-Raimundo
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Joaquín López-Raimundo
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Pilar Atrián
Pilar Atrián
Herself - Francesc Boix's Friend
Pilar Atrián
Herself - Francesc Boix's Friend


Pierre Daix
Pierre Daix
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Pierre Daix
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Mariano Constante
Mariano Constante
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Mariano Constante
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Agapito Martín
Agapito Martín
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Agapito Martín
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Manuel Azaustre
Manuel Azaustre
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Manuel Azaustre
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Juan de Diego
Juan de Diego
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Juan de Diego
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
José Perlado
José Perlado
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
José Perlado
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Manuel Alfonso
Manuel Alfonso
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Manuel Alfonso
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
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