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Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1970)

Jeder stirbt für sich allein poster
Directed by
Hans-Joachim Kasprzik
Genre
drama
Country
German Democratic Republic
Length
1 season, 3 episodes
Rated
12
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A working class Berlin couple secretly start a resistance campaign against the Nazi regime by writing postcards. Their small acts of defiance put them at risk of being discovered by the Gestapo.

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What happens

Jeder stirbt für sich allein (1970) is a German television miniseries produced by DEFA in the former German Democratic Republic. The story was adapted from the 1947 Hans Fallada novel, Every Man Dies Alone, known in the UK as Alone in Berlin. It was directed by Hans-Joachim Kasprzik and starred Erwin Geschonneck. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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