Lebende Ware
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Lebende Ware

7.0 / 10 1966 1h 37mNR German
DramaWar

Storyline

In 1944, SS-Obersturmbannführer Becher arrives in Budapest in order to obtain material for the Waffen-SS. At the same time, he starts to gather private property by offering an insidious choice to the corporation′s Jewish majority shareholder, Dr. Chorin: Either Chorin assigns the company to Becker "on his own free will" – thereby obtaining the permission to travel abroad - or he his family will end up in an extermination camp.

Cast & Crew

Horst Schulze

Horst Schulze

Becher

Lead
Hannjo Hasse

Hannjo Hasse

Eichmann

Marion van de Kamp

Marion van de Kamp

Gräfin

Rolf Hoppe

Rolf Hoppe

Grabau

SW

Siegfried Weiß

Ferenc Chorin

Wolfgang Greese

Wolfgang Greese

Rudolf Kastner

Peter Sturm

Peter Sturm

Mahlmann

Erika Pelikowsky

Erika Pelikowsky

Frau Mahlmann

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Wolfgang Luderer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Lebende Ware is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker