The Desperate Ones (1968)

95 min · Adventure, adventure film, drama film

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Directors

Alexander Ramati

Cast

Maximilian Schell, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, Theodore Bikel, Maria Perschy, Fernando Rey, Alberto De Mendoza, George Voskovec, Vicente Sangiovanni, Antonio Vico, Mariela Chatlak

The story

Following the Nazi-Soviet Pact in 1939 and the subsequent invasion of Poland, two brothers are sent to the gulag in Siberia. They manage to escape and undertake an epic attempt to make it to the border with Afghanistan.

Catalogue themes and tags

1940s, Afghanistan, Brother, Flucht, Frontier, Gejagt, Hunt, Juden, Kriminalkommissar, Labor Camp, Leiche verstecken, Prosecution, Sibiria, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Usbekistan, World War 2

Genres

Adventure, adventure film, drama film

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