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Fog in August

Fog in August

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Fog in August

2016

2h 6m

7.4(102 votes)

Drama

Overview

A Yenish boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what was happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the lives of the child victims, and the struggles of the child protagonist. More than five thousand children died in the Nazi euthanasia program.

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Production Companies

Constantin Film

Dor Film

StudioCanal

ZDF

ORF

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Ivo Pietzcker

Ivo Pietzcker

Ernst Lossa

Sebastian Koch

Sebastian Koch

Dr. Werner Veithausen

Fritzi Haberlandt

Fritzi Haberlandt

Head nurse Sophia

Thomas Schubert

Thomas Schubert

Paul Hechtle

Henriette Confurius

Henriette Confurius

Edith Kiefer

Branko Samarovski

Branko Samarovski

Max Witt

David Bennent

David Bennent

Oja

Karl Markovics

Karl Markovics

Christian Lossa

Jule Hermann

Jule Hermann

Nandl

Niklas Post

Niklas Post

Josef

Creative team

Directed by: Kai Wessel
Written by: Holger Karsten Schmidt
Produced by: Ulrich Limmer

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