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Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place
UNITED STATES · 1960

Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place

Sidney Lumet
captivity World War II psychological imprisonment moral ambiguity isolation
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Synopsis

In the last days of World War II, two English airmen are captured by an ordinary German citizen, who, instead of handing them over to the authorities, keeps them prisoner in his cellar, neglecting to tell them when the war ends.

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