

In 1942, in Vilna, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate the ghetto in the capital of Lithuania, becoming the master of life or death. When he finds the gorgeous Hayyah sneaking with one kilo of beam stolen from the German army, he sentences her to death; but when he is informed that she was a former successful singer, he decides to activate the old theater and promote shows in the ghetto. The Jew Chief of Police Gens uses the theater and a sewing factory to save as much lives as he can; in his ambiguous position, he kills Jews to save lives of others.
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The runtime is 110 minutes (1h 50m).
It was a co-production between: Germany, Lithuania.
The film was directed by Audrius Juzėnas.
The screenplay was written by Joshua Sobol.
The score was composed by Anatolijus Senderovas.
Cinematography was handled by Andreas Höfer.
The film features a large ensemble cast of over 74 credited actors.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0783522.
Good
32 votes
Ghetto
Released
12
Deutsch, English
Germany, Lithuania
