Morituri

Toward the end of World War II, as Soviet troops advance, a group of concentration camp prisoners manage to escape with the help of a Polish doctor. In a hiding place in the woods, they meet other persecuted prisoners who have been there for months, in constant fear of being discovered. Fearing German patrols, they do not venture out of the forest, even when food becomes scarce. The Polish doctor blows up a bridge, which alerts the Germans to the forest area. In the end, they come dangerously close to the hiding place, but at the last moment they have to retreat for good before the Red Army. The realization of "Morituri" was a personal concern of producer Artur Brauner - the film was made according to his script idea and as the second production of the production company CCC-Film, which he founded.