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In this well-photographed and sometimes confusing wartime drama, an Austrian village experiences the tragedy of war on several different levels. Within one family, the younger son is jealous of the praise his father gives to a Polish POW who is working for them under very difficult conditions. Within the village as a whole, the French, Polish, and Russian POWs are kept under guard by Nazi soldiers, creating a tense situation all around. But more importantly, the village has conspired to hide an Austrian deserter in a cave up in the mountains. This act of rebellion on the part of the deserter and the village hangs in a precarious balance that could be upset by a single traitorous comment to the Gestapo.

Cast

Florian Pircher

Santner

Albert Paulus

Ruap

Helmut Vogel

Jacek

Rolf Zacher

Overseer

Claus-Dieter Reents

Gestapo man

Matthias Aichhorn

Dürlinger

Joanna Madej

Agnes

Franz Hafner

Forest master