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Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell
5.6 / 10• 2000• 57m•NR• Spanish
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
José Sacristán
Himself - Narrator (voice)
LeadJL
Joaquín López-Raimundo
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
PA
Pilar Atrián
Herself - Francesc Boix's Friend
Pierre Daix
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
MC
Mariano Constante
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
AM
Agapito Martín
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
MA
Manuel Azaustre
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Jd
Juan de Diego
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Llorenç Soler's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
