Primo

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UK, 2005, 89 min

Directed by:

Robin Lough

Cinematography:

Ann Wingate

Cast:

Antony Sher

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Known for his haunting work on the holocaust, Italian chemist and author Primo Levi had his book IF THIS IS A MAN brought to the stage in September 2004. In 1944, Levi was imprisoned in Auschwitz by German authorities who discovered he was Jewish. He spent 10 months incarcerated in barbaric conditions, then wrote of his horrifying experiences in IF THIS IS A MAN. (official distributor synopsis)

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