ID

FBW002602      Fiction

Country / Year

Germany (FR), 1983-1984

Original Title

Zu Freiwild Verdammt / Wedle Wyroków Twoich

Other Title(s)

Ruth / Blutiger Schnee / Freiwild / Der weisse Bär [AT]

Directed by

Jerzy Hoffman

Produced by

CCC-Filmkunst GmbH, Berlin / Zespól "Zodiak", PRF Zespóly Filmowe, Warschau / Sender Freies Berlin (SFB), Berlin

Staff

Producer: Artur Brauner; Production manager: Wolf Brauner (Berlin); Production manager: Wilhelm Hollender (Warschau); Location manager: Leon Warecki, Maciej Skolski, Marek Wolski, Peter Wittchen; Assistent director: Jerzy Fedak, Halina Sprusinska; Script: Jan Purzycki, Paul Hengge (Manuskript), Bogdan Wojdowski (Manuskript), Jerzy Hoffman (Bearbeitung); Original story: Artur Brauner (als: Art Bernd) (Stoff); Camera: Jerzy Góscik; Assistent cameraman: Jan Gorski, Leszek Szemenderski; Editing: Sybille Windt (Dt. Fassung), Zenon Piorecki (Polnische Fassung); Assistant editing: Zbigniew Nicinski, Katarzyna Liorecka; Sound: Leonard Ksiezak; Mixing: Herbert Kania (Tonmischung); Assistent sound recording: Wojciech Wisniewski, Wojciech Lorek; Art direction: Thomas Bergfelder, Ewa Tornowska, Ewa Grocholewicz, Magda Dipont, Martin Haas; Set decoration: Maciej Putowski; Costumes: Marta Kobierska; Makeup: Regina Schlosser, Tadeusz Schlosser, Heiki Krause; Music: Andrzej Korzynski; Lyrics: Jonasz Kofta

Cast

Sharon Brauner (Ruth); Anna Dymna (Rachel/Martha); Günter Lamprecht (Hauptmann Kleinschmidt); Mathieu Carrière (Obersturmführer Knoch); Marian Opania (Fotograf Mach); Ryszarda Hanin (Selbstmörderin); Alicja Jachiewicz (Ehefrau); Piotr Fronczewski (Deutscher Offizier); Janusz Gajos (Fahrer); Jerzy Trela (Eisenbahner); Walentyna Hoffmann (Ruths Mutter); Tomasz Elsner (Antek); Magda Teresa Wójcik (Wirtin); Barbara Ludwizanka (Jüdin); Wladyslaw Baranski; Edward Zentara (Knochs Adjutant); Halina Lebonarska (Frau Kleinschmidt); Emilia Krakowska (Bäuerin); B. O´Ya; W. Boruriski; M. Szwejlich; W. Nowak; W. Maciezonek; L. Telesynski; Elzbieta Jagielska; Ernestyna Winnicke; Wieslaw Adamowski; Wlodzimiersz Borunski (Jude); Edward Bukowian; Mariusz Gorczynski; Marian Harasmiowicz; Jozef Kalita; Marek Kepinski; Jerzy Kozlowski; Maciej Kozlowski; Marian Krawczyk; Tadeusz Kozusznik; Wojciech Machnicki; Zygmunt Marczewski; Alexander Mincer; Leszek Piskorowski; Boguslaw Sochnacki; Lech Soluba; Grzegorsz Stachurski; Tadeusz Teodorczyk

Length

101'

Format

35mm/farbe (Fujicolor)/1:1,37

Dates

- 27 Jun 1983-00 Aug 1983: Shooting period
- 14 Jun 1984: Premiere, Berlin/West
- 27 May 1987: Censor, GFR (FSK)
- 29 Aug 1988: First broadcast, GFR, ARD
- 23 May 1996: Rerun, TV, ZDF

Further Remarks

- Studioaufnahmen: CCC-Studios, Berlin-Spandau

Abstract

When the Germans invade Poland, Ruth is 12 or 13 years old. During the persecution of the Jews, which begins immediately, she manages to escape. Having to fend for herself, she has to fight her way through the country. She finds help, experiences betrayal and suffers from the constant danger of death, of the ever-present fear of being discovered and of starvation. Ruth survives.

Subject Terms

German occupation; Escapes; Women; Youth; Poland

Holdings

- CCC-Filmkunst GmbH, Berlin; 35mm

Distributor

Cosmos Filmverleih GmbH, München (initially)

Materials

- Deutsches Filmmuseum (DFM), Frankfurt am Main: Artur Brauner Archiv; Produktionsakten
- Deutsches Filmmuseum (DFM), Frankfurt am Main: Artur Brauner Archiv; Fotos

Bibliography

- , in: Film-Echo/Filmwoche, Nr. 42, 29.07.1983
- , in: Variety, 28.03.1984
- Dillmann, Claudia (als: Claudia Dillmann-Kühn): Artur Brauner und die CCC. Frankfurt am Main: Deutsches Filmmuseum, 1990
- Dillmann, Claudia / Loewy, Ronny: Artur Brauner Produzent Producer. München: Goethe Institut, 2002