
Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell
- Documentary
- History
- TV Movie
In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes from Spain; but is captured by the Nazis in 1940 and imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp, in Austria, a year later. There, he works as a prisoner in the SS Photographic Service, hiding, between 1943 and 1945, around 20,000 negatives that later will be presented as evidence during several trials conducted against Nazi war criminals after World War II.
Cast

José Sacristán
Himself - Narrator (voice)
- Joaquín López-Raimundo
Joaquín López-Raimundo
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
- Pilar Atrián
Pilar Atrián
Herself - Francesc Boix's Friend

Pierre Daix
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
- Mariano Constante
Mariano Constante
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
- Agapito Martín
Agapito Martín
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
- Manuel Azaustre
Manuel Azaustre
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
- Juan de Diego
Juan de Diego
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
- José Perlado
José Perlado
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
- Manuel Alfonso
Manuel Alfonso
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
- Jacinto Cortés
Jacinto Cortés
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
- Francisco Comellas
Francisco Comellas
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
- Christina Bina
Christina Bina
Herself - Anna Pointner's Daughter
- Leopoldine Drexler
Leopoldine Drexler
Herself - Anna Pointner's Daughter
- Hans Marsalek
Hans Marsalek
Himself - Mauthausen Prisoner
- Pierre Durand
Pierre Durand
Himself - 'L'humanité' Ex-Editor-in-Chief
- José Pàmies
José Pàmies
Himself - French Communist Party Member
- Gisèle Guillemot
Gisèle Guillemot
Herself - 'Regards' Editorial Room Secretary
- Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Himself (archive footage)
- Francesc Boix
Francesc Boix
Himself (archive footage)


















