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God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore

God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore

Part of Wohin und zurück Kollektion

1982•1h 49m•7.3/10
DramaWarTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.3/10(7)

After his father is murdered by the Nazis in 1938, a young Viennese Jew named Ferry Tobler flees to Prague, where he joins forces with another expatriate and a sympathetic Czech relief worker. Together with other Jewish refugees, the three make their way to Paris, and, after spending time in a French prison camp, eventually escape to Marseille, from where they hope to sail to a safe port.

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Production

ORF, Teamfilm Produktion, SRG SSR, ZDF

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Johannes Silberschneider

Johannes Silberschneider

Ferry

Barbara Petritsch

Barbara Petritsch

Alena

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Gandhi

Georg Corten

Kron

Georg Marischka

Georg Marischka

Gross

Fritz Muliar

Fritz Muliar

Mehlig

Eric Schildkraut

Fein

Dietrich Siegl

Dietrich Siegl

Grün

Buddy Elias

Bernd Jeschek

Dolba

Kurt Mejstrik

Kornfeld

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