Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen

Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen

105 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 23, 1994

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.

Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen

105 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 23, 1994

Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Daniel Zuta Filmproduktion, Rattlesnake Productions, ProvinzFilm International
Original title Hasenjagd - Vor lauter Feigheit gibt es kein Erbarmen
Directors Andreas Gruber
Writers Andreas Gruber

Cast

Oliver Broumis

as Michail

Elfriede Irrall

as Frau Karner

Merab Ninidze

as Nikolai

Rüdiger Vogler

as Hauptwachtmeister

Rainer Egger

as Fredl Karner

Kirsten Nehberg

as Mitzi Karner

Thierry van Werveke

as Berghammer