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Witness Out of Hell(1967)
Status: Released
Date: 1967-06-28
67%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 23m
Overview:
Leah Weiss, a Polish Jew, was first forced into prostitution at Auschwitz. Afterwards, she was victimized in medical experiments. Now, twenty years later, German war crimes prosecutors hope she will be their star witness. But can she stand up to the shame, the publicity, and the reliving of those experiences?
Languages: Serbo-Croatian.
Countries:
Germany,
Yugoslavia
ProductionCompanies: 
Avala Film
Movie: Witness Out of Hell
Top 10 Billed Cast
Irene Papas
Lea Weiss
Heinz Drache
Staatsanwalt Hoffmann
Daniel Gélin
Bora Petrović
Alice Treff
Frau von Keller
Jean Claudio
Charlos Bianchi
Werner Peters
Von Walden
Petar Banićević
Fischer
Hans Zesch-Ballot
Dr. Berger
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Leah Weiss, a Polish Jew, was first forced into prostitution at Auschwitz. Afterwards, she was victimized in medical experiments. Now, twenty years later, German war crimes prosecutors hope she will be their star witness. But can she stand up to the shame, the publicity, and the reliving of those experiences?
Release Date
1967-06-28
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6.7
Rating:
3.4 startsTagline
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