The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
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The people behind it
Christine Lahti
Gisella Perl
Bruce Davison
Peter Schuman, Interrogator
Jonathan Cake
Dr. Mengele
Beau Bridges
Herman Prentiss, Interrogator
Richard Crenna
Jake Smith
Jolyon Baker
Frederick Krauss
Jessica Beitchman
Marta Weiss
Oliver Cotton
Moshe Perl
Michelle Fine
Fanny Pearl
Zoie Palmer
Didi Goldstein
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