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Fog in August (German: Nebel im August) is a 2016 German drama film directed by Kai Wessel. [2] It is based on the 2008 novel Fog in August by Robert Domes, [3] and is inspired by the documented true story of the 14 year old Yenish boy Ernst Lossa (1929–1944). [4]
Sep 29, 2016 · Fog in August: Directed by Kai Wessel. With Ivo Pietzcker, Sebastian Koch, Jule Hermann, Fritzi Haberlandt. A Yenish boy experiences the Nazi euthanasia program while he is in a mental hospital.
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- Drama, War
- Kai Wessel
- 2016-09-29
Fog in August tells the true story of Ernst Lossa (Ivo Pietzcker), a fourteen-year-old Roma boy sent to a mental facility for mainly for being unruly. The film sketches out his life at the facility, which mainly involves dealing with the doctor who heads it up, and the nuns that help out.
Feb 10, 2017 · Conservative estimates suggest that at least 5,000 German children perished as a result of the Nazis’ child ‘euthanasia’ programme. ‘Fog In August’ was released in Germany in October ...
FOG IN AUGUST. by Kai Wessel. synopsis. The first feature film to address the Nazis’ euthanasia programme. Based on Robert Domes’ 2008 eponymous historical novel, Fog In August centres on the authentic life story of 13-year-old Ernst Lossa who was committed to a mental hospital in Sargau in 1942 because of his origins in a family of travellers.
- Austria, France, Germany
- Nebel im August
- Fog in August
- StudioCanal
A Yenish boy is placed in a mental hospital and experiences the Nazi euthanasia program. Aware of what was happening and attached to friends, the lad attempts to sabotage the program. The film addresses the complexities of the program director, the lives of the child victims, and the struggles of the child protagonist.
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Fog in August. DRAMA. 13-year-old Roma boy Ernst is sent to a mental sanatorium in Nazi Germany. There he is kept under the watchful eye of Dr. Werner Veithausen (Sebastian Koch, The Lives of Others), who has been tasked with carrying out the early stages of the Nazi's euthanasia program.
