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The 25th Hour

The 25th Hour (1967)

Drama, War | France, Italy, Yugoslavia

Director: Henri Verneuil

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Rating: 7.4/10

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SYNOPSIS

During World War Two, Johann Moritz, a Romanian Jewish peasant, whose pretty wife is lusted after by the village gendarme,is denounced,arrested and sent to a concentration camp.In the camp, the camp commander mistakes him for a new recruit, a volunteer to the SS and he is drafted into the SS.Ironically, after the war he is detained by the Allied authorities for his wartime involvement with the SS.

Actors

Writer: Henri Verneuil, François Boyer

Producer: Carlo Ponti, Simon Schiffrin

RUNTIME: 130 min

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