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Saviors in the Night

2009 · 95 min

A quietly tense, humane survival drama that keeps you anxious for a hidden family while showing ordinary people risking everything to help.

Directed by
Ludi Boeken
Genres
Drama
Starring
Veronica Ferres, Armin Rohde, Margarita Broich
Overview
Drama, based on the book "Retter in der Nacht", in which Marga Spiegel tells her memories: In Westfalia of 1943 Marga Spiegel, her husband and her daughter are about to be deported. Yet westfalian farmers help the jewish family, grant Marga and her daughter refuge under false names and hide her husband.

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Directed by
Ludi Boeken
Genres
Drama
Starring
Veronica Ferres, Armin Rohde, Margarita Broich
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • loyalty
  • war
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ludi Boeken
Written by
Imo Moszkowicz, Otto Jägersberg, Heidrun Schleef
Starring
Veronica Ferres, Armin Rohde, Margarita Broich, Martin Horn, Lia Hoensbroech, Luisa Mix, Tjard Krusius, Kilian Schüler
Music
David Greilsammer
Cinematography
Daniel Schneor
Runtime
95 min
Country
France, Germany
Languages
German

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