While All Germans Sleep (1995)

After 50 years, Marek remembers his dangerous adventure as a five-year-old, when he and his friend Itzek left a Polish transit camp one night in 1942 – a few days before their evacuation to Auschwitz – to go get the toys they forgot at the ghetto. Based on Becker's personal memories and his 1980 short story "The Wall."

Released: Jul 31, 1995

Runtime: 72 minutes

Genre: Drama

Stars: Ilja Smoljanski, Robin Timptner, Benjamin Kaatz, Maria-Elisabeth Schwarz, Christiane Hagedorn, Mario Grünewald

Crew: Jurek Becker (Writer), Peter Ziesche (Director of Photography), Helga Olschewski (Editor), Lorenzo Barcelata (Music), Frank Beyer (Director), Alfred Hirschmeier (Set Designer)