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Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell (2000)

In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes from Spain; but is captured by the Nazis in 1940 and imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp, in Austria, a year later. There, he works as a prisoner in the SS Photographic Service, hiding, between 1943 and 1945, around 20,000 negatives that later will be presented as evidence during several trials conducted against Nazi war criminals after World War II.

  • Documentary
  • History
  • TV Movie

Top billed cast

  • Photo of José SacristánJosé SacristánHimself - Narrator (voice)
  • Photo of Joaquín López-RaimundoJoaquín López-RaimundoHimself - Mauthausen Prisoner
  • Photo of Pilar AtriánPilar AtriánHerself - Francesc Boix's Friend
  • Photo of Pierre DaixPierre DaixHimself - Mauthausen Prisoner
  • Photo of Mariano ConstanteMariano ConstanteHimself - Mauthausen Prisoner
  • Photo of Agapito MartínAgapito MartínHimself - Mauthausen Prisoner
  • Photo of Manuel AzaustreManuel AzaustreHimself - Mauthausen Prisoner
  • Photo of Juan de DiegoJuan de DiegoHimself - Mauthausen Prisoner
  • Photo of José PerladoJosé PerladoHimself - Mauthausen Prisoner
  • Photo of Manuel AlfonsoManuel AlfonsoHimself - Mauthausen Prisoner

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