Saviors in the Night

Saviors in the Night
GermanUnter Bauern - Retter in der Nacht
Directed byLudi Boeken
StarringVeronica Ferres and Armin Rohde
Release date
  • 1 October 2009 (2009-10-01) (Germany)
LanguageGerman

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]

  1. ^ "Kinostart von "Unter Bauern" - Interview mit der jüdischen Zeitzeugin Marga Spiegel - Kultur - WDR.de". WDR. 2009-10-10. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  2. ^ "Unter Bauern - Retter in der Nacht". Spielfilm.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-04-21.