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Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell

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.

Top 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

Overview

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.

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