A Day in October

1991 | 97 minutes | 6.0 ★ (1)

A Day in October
  • Overview

    During the month of October 1943, the Danish resistance movement and just plain ordinary citizens joined together in staging a mass exodus by fishing boats to neutral Sweden of their Jewish countrymen, practically on the eve of the Nazi's planned round-up and delivery to concentration camps of all Jews. Story is told from the point of view of one Jewish family.

  • Release Date

    06 September 1991

  • DirectingKenneth Madsen
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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