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Long Is the Road is a 1948 German drama film directed by Herbert B. Fredersdorf and Marek Goldstein and starring Israel Becker, Bettina Moissi and Berta Litwina. The story examines the Holocaust from the perspective of a Polish Jewish family and a young man who is able to escape while he is transported to a concentration camp. The film was made during the summer of 1947. It was the first German-made film to directly portray the Holocaust. It was made with the support of the US Army Information Control Division. It was partly shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich with sets designed by the art director Carl Ludwig Kirmse.
Original Release
09/01/1948
US Release
11/11/1948
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rostislav Prochovnik | Dora Berkowicz / Dora Berkowitz |
Berta Litwina | Hanne Jelin / Hanna Jelin |
Jakob Fischer | Jakob Jelin |
Otto Wernicke | Senior Doctor / doctor |
Paul Dahlke | 2nd Doctor / doctor |
Aleksander Bardini | Peasant / Farmer |
David Hart | Mr. Liebermann |
Misha Natan | Partisan |
Heinz-Leo Fischer | Mieczyszlaw Chodetzki / Chodetzki |
Hanne Cwilich | Office girl |
Directors
Herbert B. Fredersdorf, Marek Goldstein
Writers
Israel Becker, Karl Georg Külb
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rostislav Prochovnik | Dora Berkowicz / Dora Berkowitz |
Berta Litwina | Hanne Jelin / Hanna Jelin |
Jakob Fischer | Jakob Jelin |
Otto Wernicke | Senior Doctor / doctor |
Paul Dahlke | 2nd Doctor / doctor |
Aleksander Bardini | Peasant / Farmer |
David Hart | Mr. Liebermann |
Misha Natan | Partisan |
Heinz-Leo Fischer | Mieczyszlaw Chodetzki / Chodetzki |
Hanne Cwilich | Office girl |
Max Nathan | Partisan |
Betty Segal | |
Maie Ludner | |
Rita Karin | (as Rita Carpinowiz) |
Berta Beilin | |
S. Cwilich | |
A. Wolowcik | |
Michael Rottstein | |
Jchok Naturmann | |
Anne Lehmann |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Abraham Weinstein | Producer |