| Description |
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Based on the book "I was a doctor in Auschwitz" by Dr. Gisella Perl. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music, Charles Bernstein ; costume designer, Daiva Petrulyte ; production designer, Jeff Ginn. |
| Cast |
Christine Lahti, Bruce Davison, Jonathan Cake, Jolyon Baker, Jessica Beichman, Oliver Cotton, Michelle Fine, Richard Crenna, Beau Bridges. |
| Summary |
Perl spent WWII in charge of the woman's infirmary at Auschwitz. Hoping to leave her nightmares behind her after the liberation, she applies for American citizenship in 1946. However, she is hauled into military court to explain how much she "collaborated" with the Nazis during the war. The U.S. officials are especially disturbed by the number of illegal abortions Perl performed at the camp. Perl struggles to explain how she terminated the lives of the unborn to save thousands of pregnant women from the gas chambers. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for violence/cruelty and some nudity. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. Includes Spanish dubbed version. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Women physicians -- Poland -- Oświęcim -- Drama.
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Concentration camps -- Poland -- Drama.
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Abortion -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Levinson, Lee.
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Meredith, Anne (Screenwriter)
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Sargent, Joseph, 1925-2014
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Lahti, Christine.
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Davison, Bruce, 1946-
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Cake, Jonathan, 1968-
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Baker, Jolyon.
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Beitchman, Jessica.
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Cotton, Oliver, 1944-
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Fine, Michelle.
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Crenna, Richard, 1927-2003.
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Bridges, Beau.
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Morgan, Donald M. (Donald Maxwell), 1932-
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Brown, Michael.
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Bernstein, Charles.
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Petrulyte, Daiva.
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Ginn, Jeff, 1953-
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Perl, Gisella.
I was a doctor in Auschwitz.
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Showtime Networks.
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Contenders Only (Firm)
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Cypress Point (Firm)
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Ardent Productions (Firm)
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Showtime Entertainment.
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| ISBN |
1594470030 |
| Standard No. |
758445110821 |
| Music No. |
SHO1108 Showtime Entertainment |
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