Fog in August (2016)

  • 12
  • 09/29/2016 (AT)
  • Drama
  • 2h 6m

Overview

A Yenish boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what was happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the lives of the child victims, and the struggles of the child protagonist. More than five thousand children died in the Nazi euthanasia program.

Holger Karsten Schmidt

Screenplay

Kai Wessel

Director

Robert Domes

Novel

Cast

Ivo Pietzcker's headshot

Ivo Pietzcker

Ernst Lossa
Sebastian Koch's headshot

Sebastian Koch

Dr. Werner Veithausen
Fritzi Haberlandt's headshot

Fritzi Haberlandt

Head nurse Sophia
Thomas Schubert's headshot

Thomas Schubert

Paul Hechtle
Henriette Confurius's headshot

Henriette Confurius

Edith Kiefer
Branko Samarovski's headshot

Branko Samarovski

Max Witt
David Bennent's headshot

David Bennent

Oja
Karl Markovics's headshot

Karl Markovics

Christian Lossa

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