Naked Among Wolves is part of the DEFA Collection.

Jankowski, a Polish prisoner from Auschwitz, arrives at the Buchenwald concentration camp hiding a little boy inside a suitcase. When the prisoners and members of the camp’s covert resistance group discover the boy, his innocence moves many, yet his possible discovery by the camp guards threatens them all.

Based on a true event and on the novel by Buchenwald survivor Bruno Apitz, this was the first German film about life and death in a concentration camp.

Starring Academy Award Nominee Armin Mueller-Stahl (Shine, Avalon, Music Box, Utz) in one of his first film roles.

What the Critics are Saying

"A powerful narrative of the last weeks at Buchenwald, before its liberation. Novel approach, magnificently photographed, and a high all-round standard of acting by a cast unknown in the West." - Variety

"One of the most powerful and accomplished anti-fascist films produced in East Germany." - Vancouver Pacific Cinematheque

"A stunning performance by the young Armin Mueller-Stahl." - Leeds Int'l Film Festival

Read That Was the Wild East: Film Culture, Unification, and the "New" Germany by Leonie Naughton