Ghetto

Ghetto

2006
1h 50min

In 1942, in Vilna, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate the ghetto in the capital of Lithuania, becoming the master of life or death. When he finds the gorgeous Hayyah sneaking with one kilo of beam stolen from the German army, he sentences her to death; but when he is informed that she was a former successful singer, he decides to activate the old theater and promote shows in the ghetto. The Jew Chief of Police Gens uses the theater and a sewing factory to save as much lives as he can; in his ambiguous position, he kills Jews to save lives of others.

Storyline

In 1942, in Vilna, the Nazi annihilate 55,000 Jews and squeeze the 15,000 survivors in a seven blocks ghetto. The twenty-two year old sadistic commander Kittel is assigned to administrate the ghetto in the capital of Lithuania, becoming the master of life or death. When he finds the gorgeous Hayyah sneaking with one kilo of beam stolen from the German army, he sentences her to death; but when he is informed that she was a former successful singer, he decides to activate the old theater and promote shows in the ghetto. The Jew Chief of Police Gens uses the theater and a sewing factory to save as much lives as he can; in his ambiguous position, he kills Jews to save lives of others.

    Released
    June 2006
    Runtime
    1h 50min
    Director
    Genre
    Status
    Released
    Language
    German
    Production
    Dragon Cine Venture Image Entertainment, Lithuanian Film Studio
Cast
Heino Ferch
Gens
Sebastian Hülk
Kittel
Erika Marozsán
Haya
Vytautas Sapranauskas
Weiskopf
Asta Baukutė
Dina Abramowitz
Margarita Žiemelytė
Lina
Darius Meškauskas
Arntgen
Mantas Vaitiekūnas
Yanosh
Edita Užaitė
Bar Hostess
Andrius Žebrauskas
Srulik
Brigita Bublytė
Alvydas Šlepikas
Kruk
Eimutis Kvoščiauskas
Tana
Jörg Lamprecht
Dessler (as Jörk Lamprecht)
Adrija Čepaitė-Palšauskienė
Uma (as Adrija Cepaite)
Jurgis Domasevicius
Timan (as Jurgis Damasevicius)
Kristina Mauruseviciute
Judith
Sigitas Rackys
Kalman
Vilma Raubaitė
Liuba
Evaldas Jaras
Yankl
Jurga Ragutskaite
Reika
Gražina Urbonaitė
Old Woman
Algirdas Dainavičius
Gerstein
Daiva Stubraite
Ella
Leokadija Dobuzinskaite
Leah
Kristina Sokolova
Irina
Vaida Grigaityte
Eva
Ieva Jackeviciute
Etka
Kseniya Orlova
Tova
Laura Mekyte
Nelli
Brigita Arsobaitė
Rashka (as Brigita Arsovaite)
Olga Korzikova
Mira
Kristina Savickytė
Helena
Gintare Cepukonyte
Genia (as Gintaré Cepukonyté)
Natalija Zuravliova
Anita
Artūras Aleksejevas
Elia
Valentin Kirejev
Geivish (as Valentinas Kirejevas)
Dmitrij Denisiuk
Averbuch
Šarūnas Puidokas
Levas
Ceslovas Petraitis
Ring
Balys Latėnas
Gunman
Vytautas Juozėnas
Alex Wolkowisky
Zenonas Kryznikovas
Barber
Nelė Savičenko
Dr. Sonia
Egidijus Kupcinskas
Dr. Weiner
Arvydas Dapsys
Judge
Artūras Jevdokimovas
Father (as Arturas Javdokimovas)
Eduardas Daskevicius
German Officer
Arunas Smailys
German Officer
Igoris Getsovas
German Officer
Rolandas Ciras
German Officer
Arnas Juzenas
German Officer
Remigius Navickas
German Officer
Jefimas Levickij
Jewish Police
Konstantin Arefyev
Jewish Police
Jevgenijus Pesterniakas
Jewish Police
Sergejus Perekrestovas
Jewish Police
Borisas Sapiro
Jewish Police
Michailas Sapiro
Jewish Police
Aleksandras Zareckis
Jewish Police
Vaida Būtytė
Bar Hostess
Egle Valyte
Bar Hostess
Rima Juneviciute
Bar Hostess
Eglė Piličiauskaitė
Dessler's Wife
Inga Maškarina
Weiskopf's Wife
Zbignevas Zilionis
Musician
Paulius Biveinis
Musician
Povilas Jacunskas
Musician
Alytis Peseckas
Musician
Saulius Zubrys
Musician
Romas Grazinis
Musician
Lukas Juzenas
Musician
Airida Gintautaitė
Jewish Dancer (uncredited)
Kristina Skokova
Theatre dancer

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