• Documentary

A Boy´s Life

As one of the famous “131 boys from Kaunas” Daniel Chanoch is deported to Auschwitz. Working at the ramp he becomes Dr. Mengele´s role model at occasional inspections by the Red Cross. After a “Death March”, lasting months, the kids arrive at the Upper Austrian satellite camp Gunskirchen. There true hell is revealed: poisoning, plagues, hunger and cannibalism. After liberation, just 12 years old, Daniel reunites with his brother. As the sole survivors of the family they set off for Palestine.

Data

Category
Documentary
Financing
Nationaler Film
Format
4K, 100 Min
Release
29.09.2023
Distribution
Stadtkino Filmverleih und Kinobetriebs Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Admissions
3.982
Funding Film Institute
213.472 €
Share of total production costs
52 %
Television investment
110.000 €
Funding program
ÖFI
Film location
Vienna, Israel
Shooting time
June - October 2019
Days of shooting
17
Completion
Winter 2020/2021
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmstandort Austria
Credits
Production
Blackbox Film & Medienproduktion GmbH
Producer
Christian Krönes, Susanne Krönes, Christian Kermer, Florian Weigensamer
Director
Christian Krönes, Florian Weigensamer
Script-concept
Florian Weigensamer, Christian Krönes
DOP
Christian Kermer
Editor
Christian Kermer
Sound engineer
Jürgen Kloihofer
Sound design
Felix Sturmberger
Production manager
Roland Schrotthofer
Television investment
ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen)

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