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Legenes Krig

2011 · 52 min

A sober, quietly harrowing testimony that asks you to sit with uncomfortable history and its moral weight.

Directed by
Elsa Kvamme
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Elling Kvamme
Overview
A journey into the life of Elling Kvamme. He was arrested and send to KZ Buchenwald, 22 years old. What did he experience there, as a young "Aryan" medicine-student? And why was it so important to put away what role the doctors had in the development of the Nazism and the idea of removing "useless" lives?

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Directed by
Elsa Kvamme
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Elling Kvamme
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    • memory
    • guilt
    • morality
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    • true story
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    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Elsa Kvamme
    Written by
    Elsa Kvamme
    Starring
    Elling Kvamme
    Cinematography
    Nils-Petter Lotherington
    Runtime
    52 min
    Country
    Norway
    Languages
    Norwegian

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