A Blind Hero - The Love of Otto Weidt (TV)
2014 · Documentary · 90 min. · Germany
This documentary tells the story of the heroic Otto Weidt, who saved dozens of Jews from the Nazi death camps. Owner of a Berlin brush and broom factory in Berlin, Otto Weidt used cunning and his skills as an ingenious conman to outwit the Nazis and protect his staff, most of whom were Jewish and blind.
Direction Kai Christiansen
Cast Edgar Selge · Henriette Confurius · Julia Goldberg · Uwe Bohm · Heike Hanold-Lynch · Katrin Pollitt · Fabián Busch · Rainer Frank · Isabelle Barth · Axel Gottschick · Jakob Benkhofer · Inge Deutschkron
Soundtrack Hans-Peter Ströer
Screenplay Heike Brückner von Grumbkow · Jochen von Grumbkow
Cinematography Jan Kerhart
Original title Ein blinder Held - Die Liebe des Otto Weidt (TV)
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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