This film is based on the actual events referred to as the "Mühlviertler Hasenjagd" (Hare-hunt in the Mühlviertel) which occurred in February 1945 around the Mauthausen concentration camp. 500 Soviet officers form death block 20 attempt to escape, but only 150 of them actually succeed.
Following the tally-ho of the SS, a barbaric manhunt begins. Only very few fugitives survive. With a lot of good luck, the two young officers Michail and Nikolai reach the Karner family's farm. Frau Karner persuades her husband to hide the two escapees.
Oliver Broumis
as Michail
Elfriede Irrall
as Frau Karner
Merab Ninidze
as Nikolai
Rüdiger Vogler
as Hauptwachtmeister
Rainer Egger
as Fredl Karner
Kirsten Nehberg
as Mitzi Karner
Thierry van Werveke
as Berghammer
