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German | Unter Bauern - Retter in der Nacht |
Directed by | Ludi Boeken |
Starring | Veronica Ferres and Armin Rohde |
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Language | German |
Saviors in the Night (Unter Bauern - Retter in der Nacht) is a German-French film directed by Ludi Boeken and starring Veronica Ferres and Armin Rohde. The film is based on a true story and first premiered at the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem.[1] It premiered at German cinemas on 8 October 2009. Ferres plays Marga Spiegel, a Jewish woman, persecuted by the Nazis who eventually survived with the help of farmers in Westphalia. The film is based on her memoirs, published in 1965 as the book Savior in the Night.[2]