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Mama, I’m Alive
GERMANY · 1977

Mama, I’m Alive

Konrad Wolf
prisoner of war moral ambiguity defection and betrayal loyalty vs. conscience combat and frontline warfare
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Synopsis

In a Russian POW camp, four Germans determined to end WWII agree to pose as Red Army soldiers. Are they patriots or traitors, heroes or opportunists? Although they go to the frontlines, their new Russian comrades are initially unsure whether to trust them. Three of them then accept a mission behind German lines, but they are unprepared to fire upon their countrymen and it ends up costing the life

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