Based on a true story of inmates at KZ Buchenwald that risked their lives to hide a small Jewish boy shortly before the liberation of the camp.

Erwin Geschonneck
as Krämer

Armin Mueller-Stahl
as Höfel

Fred Delmare
as Pippig

Gerry Wolff
as Bochow

Viktor Avdyushko
as Bogorski

Zygmunt Malanowicz
as Przybyła

Erik S. Klein
as Reineboth

Herbert Köfer
as Kluttig

Wolfram Handel
as Zweiling

Bolesław Płotnicki
as Kodiczek