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Release Date:
October 23, 1994
Original Title:
Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen
Alternate Titles:
Mühlviertler Hasenjagd
The Quality of Mercy
Genres:
Drama | History | War
Production Companies:
Daniel Zuta Filmproduktion
ProvinzFilm
Rattlesnake Productions
Production Countries:
Austria | Germany | Luxembourg
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 105
This film is based on the actual events referred to as the "Mühlviertler Hasenjagd" (Hare-hunt in the Mühlviertel) which occurred in February 1945 around the Mauthausen concentration camp. 500 Soviet officers form death block 20 attempt to escape, but only 150 of them actually succeed. Following the tally-ho of the SS, a barbaric manhunt begins. Only very few fugitives survive. With a lot of good luck, the two young officers Michail and Nikolai reach the Karner family's farm. Frau Karner persuades her husband to hide the two escapees.
Art Direction:
Susanne Quendler-Kopf
Costume Design:
Maria Schicker
Director:
Andreas Gruber
Director of Photography:
Hermann Dunzendorfer
Editor:
Hubert Canaval
Eva Schneider
Producer:
Andreas Gruber
Production Manager:
Stefan Rota
Axel Unbescheid
Sound:
Stanislav Litera
Rüdiger Payrhuber
Thomas Szabolcs
Writer:
Andreas Gruber
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