The House in Karp Lane (1965)

Original title

Das Haus in der Karpfengasse

Directed by

Kurt Hoffmann

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

12

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Jewish residents living in a Prague boarding house during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. It shows their daily lives and struggles under the pressure of the occupation.

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What happens

The House in Karp Lane (German: Das Haus in der Karpfengasse) is a 1965 West German drama film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Jana Brejchová, Edith Schultze-Westrum and Wolfgang Kieling. It portrays the Jewish residents of a Prague boarding house during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia. While the film received several awards, it was a major commercial failure. Hoffmann then returned to directing the comedies he was better known for. The film was shot at the Barrandov Studios in Prague, and on location around the city. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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