Underplayed Gems

De uønskede (1989)

De uønskede poster
Directed by
Søren Skjær
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
25 min
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How it feels

A Danish documentary from 1989 about a concentration camp in unoccupied France during World War II. The camp was originally built for Spanish Civil War refugees but later held German Jews and other refugees. The film uses the accounts of a nurse who collected drawings, paintings, and poems made by prisoners.

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What happens

De uønskede er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 1989 instrueret af John Anderson, Harald Fuglsang og Søren Skjær. I den ikke-besatte del af Frankrig eksisterede der under krigen en kz-lejr, som tyskerne og franskmændene samarbejdede om. Lejren var oprindelig oprettet under den spanske borgerkrig, men ved krigsudbruddet meldte de spanske mænd sig under de franske faner, og lejren blev i stedet brugt til tyske jøder og mellemeuropæiske flygtninge. Mange af dem tegnede, malede og skrev om deres indtryk. En af lejrens sygeplejersker samlede materialet efter krigen. Filmen bygger på hendes fortælling samt på de gruopvækkende og gribende skildringer i streg og digte, som blev malet og forfattet i lejren. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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