Chased by Hitler's henchmen

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Movie
German title Chased by Hitler's henchmen
Original title The Aryan Couple
Country of production USA , UK
original language English
Publishing year 2004
length 120 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director John Daly
script Sergey Kozlov
production Atlantic Film Productions
music Igor Khoroshev , Terry Glenny
camera Sergey Kozlov
cut Matthew Booth
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Hounded by Hitler's henchmen (original title: The Aryan Couple , in the regional code zone 1: The Couple ) is an American-British war drama from 2004 by the film producer John Daly . The story takes place in Hungary in the 1940s during World War II . A Jewish industrial tycoon tried by transferring his entire property to the National Socialists to get himself and his extended family to leave Switzerland via Switzerland to Palestine in order to escape the Holocaust . In the film there are parallels to the life of the Jewish-Hungarian industrialist Manfréd Weiss .

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The protagonist of the film, Joseph Krauzenberg, a Jewish-Hungarian industrialist, has made a considerable fortune through clever investments in various economic sectors (banks, steel, textiles). In addition to several factories, this also includes Krauzenberg Castle, the residence of the magnate, and a valuable collection of paintings. In addition to a large workforce, the domestic workers David and Leila Steinberg also work under the name Vassmann at the Krauzenbergs. Like the Krauzenbergs, they are also Jews and work for the Hungarian resistance. Their work consists in spying on and documenting the murder of the Jewish population by the Waffen SS in concentration camps . The resistance gave them a new identity as Hans and Ingrid Vassmann to protect them from persecution by the National Socialists and have since appeared as a German “ Aryan couple ”.

By transferring his entire property to the Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Krauzenberg tries to negotiate a contract that enables him and his entire family - who are being held in the Gestapo prison of SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann - safe passage through Switzerland to Palestine in order to so to escape the murder in a concentration camp.

To seal the transfer, the Krauzenbergs agreed to have dinner with Himmler, Eichmann and other SS functionaries at Krauzenberg Castle. Hans Vassmann wants to use this opportunity to mix Himmler and Eichmann cyanide with their food. His pregnant wife Ingrid can barely prevent him from doing it, as she fears an act of revenge by the National Socialists. Himmler absolutely wants Eichmann to be present during the negotiations with the Krauzenbergs and insists that Eichmann should show himself from his best side in the upcoming talks, about the distrust that the Krauzenbergs harbor towards him, since he was responsible for the murder of the Jewish-Slovakians Resistance fighter Gisi Fleischmann in Auschwitz concentration camp is responsible not to rekindle.

After dinner, the Krauzenbergs consent to the transfer to Himmler, who also guarantees them the protection and departure of the Vassmanns. The Krauzenberg family is finally released from prison and flown to Switzerland by plane. Joseph and Rachel Krauzenberg are waiting there for the arrival of their two loyal servants who, shortly before leaving for Switzerland, confessed that they are also Jews and that their real names are Steinberg.

Himmler had his adjutant, SS-Hauptsturmführer Dressler, arrange for the Vassmann couple to leave for Switzerland. However, he has to lull Eichmann into the belief that he had the Jewish couple shot in order to avoid annoying inquiries from Berlin regarding the secret wealth stealth for his own benefit. Dressler succeeds in convincing Eichmann that he himself shot the Vassmann couple. He takes the couple to the train station, from where their journey via Austria to Switzerland is to take place. The train with the couple starts moving.

Dressler, however, did not expect SS-Obersturmführer Edelhein's suspicion, who noticed his deception and took up the pursuit of the Vassmann couple. At the Swiss-Austrian border , where the border control train stops, Edelhein stops the couple and orders them back. An SS-Sturmbannführer who worked at the border station then received the order from Himmler personally to let the Vassmanns through. When Edelhein still does not give up and threatens the Vassmanns with a pistol, the Sturmbannführer shoots him and enables the young couple to leave for Switzerland, where they are welcomed by the Krauzenbergs with relief.

DVDs and Blu-rays for the film

  • DVD and Blu-ray will be available from April 13, 2012 from MIG Films Studio.

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