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Choir of the Prisoners

Der Gefangenenchor

Release: 2004-02-09 ·Runtime: 6m

The film is based on a scene in Beethoven’s opera Fidelio. The inmates of the Seville prison are kept in dark cells without daylight. Now, for the first time after years, they are allowed to see the sun. Light as a metaphor for freedom.

Production Countries

Germany

Production Companies

Produktion Filmgrafik