Movies and TvShows featuring "camp-commandant" theme.

In the midst of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Rudolf Höss, the commandant, and his wife Hedwig, work to create a perfect life for their family in a house and garden adjacent to the camp. They face the horrors of the Holocaust alongside the constant struggle for normalcy and happiness.

During World War II, an army lieutenant escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp in Kent, England. He embarks on a dangerous journey across the frozen lake district, pursued by German soldiers and their scent hounds. In order to survive, he must use his wits, bravery, and resourcefulness to outsmart the enemy and make his way to safety in Canada.

While Hans Jurgen Höss enjoyed a happy childhood in the family villa at Auschwitz, Jewish prisoner Anita Lasker-Wallfisch was trying to survive the notorious concentration camp. At the heart of this film is the historic and inspiring moment – eight decades later – when the two come face-to-face. This is the first time the descendant of a major war criminal meets a survivor in such a private and intimate setting, Anita’s London living room. Together with their children, Kai Höss and Maya Lasker-Wallfisch, the four protagonists explore their very different hereditary burdens.

In 1942, the Japanese occupied the island of Singapore. During the take-over, not only military soldiers were taken prisoner, but also innocent civilians, particularly women and children. This is the story of a group of women who band together to face brutal treatment, harsh conditions, and ruthless captors to survive their internment.

The story takes place in a reform-camp for the prostitutes of Bratislava. Soon after the political changes in February 1948 a deputy of the Ministry of the Interior decides to clean the city from its subverting elements. After a police raid all the prostitutes are transported to work-camps where they are supposed to be converted to loyal citizens.