Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell

57min

Documentary

History

TV Movie

In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes from Spain; but is captured by the Nazis in 1940 and imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp, in Austria, a year later. There, he works as a prisoner in the SS Photographic Service, hiding, between 1943 and 1945, around 20,000 negatives that later will be presented as evidence during several trials conducted against Nazi war criminals after World War II.

Production Companies

Área de Televisión

Canal+ España

Cast

José Sacristán

José Sacristán

Himself - Narrator (voice)
Joaquín López-Raimundo

Joaquín López-Raimundo

Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Pilar Atrián

Pilar Atrián

Herself - Francesc Boix's Friend
Pierre Daix

Pierre Daix

Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Mariano Constante

Mariano Constante

Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Agapito Martín

Agapito Martín

Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Manuel Azaustre

Manuel Azaustre

Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Juan de Diego

Juan de Diego

Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
José Perlado

José Perlado

Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Manuel Alfonso

Manuel Alfonso

Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Jacinto Cortés

Jacinto Cortés

Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Francisco Comellas

Francisco Comellas

Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Christina Bina

Christina Bina

Herself - Anna Pointner's Daughter
Leopoldine Drexler

Leopoldine Drexler

Herself - Anna Pointner's Daughter
Hans Marsalek

Hans Marsalek

Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
Pierre Durand

Pierre Durand

Himself - 'L'humanité' Ex-Editor-in-Chief
José Pàmies

José Pàmies

Himself - French Communist Party Member
Gisèle Guillemot

Gisèle Guillemot

Herself - 'Regards' Editorial Room Secretary
Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Himself (archive footage)
Francesc Boix

Francesc Boix

Himself (archive footage)

Release date

1st Jan 2000

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English, Català, Español, Français