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The Relief of Belsen

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5.5/10 • 8

2007-10-151h 41m

In early April 1945 a small British ambulance unit was diverted from frontline battle in northern Germany, to handle an unfolding medical crisis behind enemy lines. A local prison camp had suffered an outbreak of typhus. That prison camp was Bergen-Belsen. The British had no idea of the true scale of this humanitarian catastrophe nor of what it would come to represent.

Directors
Justin Hardy
Writters
Justin Hardy, Peter Guinness

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  1. Katrine Bach

    Katrine Bach

    Lotti Burns

  2. Simon Paisley Day

    Simon Paisley Day

    Major Stadler

  3. Oliver Ford Davies

    Oliver Ford Davies

    Martin Lipscomb

  4. Iain Glen

    Iain Glen

    James Johnston

  5. Corin Redgrave

    Corin Redgrave

    Glyn Hughes

  6. Jemma Redgrave

    Jemma Redgrave

    Jean McFarlane

  7. Tobias Menzies

    Tobias Menzies

    Derrick Sington

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Peter McGinn

Oct 26, 2023

7/10

Sometimes it seems like 10% of all movies made these days concern World War II, and I am so over battle scenes. But this movie dates from 2007 and involves behind the scenes drama, so I gave it a try. As often happens, they mix actual footage and pictures with the fictional scenes involving actors. It more or less works. I wonder if the more horrifying images scared off viewers who are more interested in drama or romance or whatever than in history or ethics. I like Iain Glen anyway and the ensemble cast does a great job supporting the stars and getting us through tough material. It won’t go on my list of films to watch a second t8me, but I don’t regret my first viewing.

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Original Language
English
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