Block 66 (2011)

Name: Block 66
Director: Patrice Gablin
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: 2011-11-26
Duration: 14 min
Cast: Guy Amram, Barbara Buchmann, Jules Grenet, Elsa Lunghini

Drama Horror

Director: Patrice Gablin

Cast: Guy Amram, Barbara Buchmann, Jules Grenet, Elsa Lunghini

Runtime14 min

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Hani must escape from the implacable and ruthless Nazi machine of death. She must survive and save the baby she is carrying. The fate of this baby is bound to the fate of these children, first innocent victims of the death camps. They were gathered in one single barrack called Block 66...

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Block 66 is a 2011 French drama-horror film directed by Patrice Gablin that has received limited critical attention. While the film's IMDb rating is 6.1/10, indicating mixed audience reception, it has not received major awards recognition.

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Directed by Patrice Gablin, Block 66 (2011) is a gripping drama-horror hybrid that blends the nightmarish realities of the Nazi death camps with a compelling personal story. The film's combination of historical trauma and intimate human drama offers a distinctive and powerful viewing experience, particularly for fans of films that tackle difficult themes with nuance and emotional depth.

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Block 66, the Children's Block was part of Buchenwald concentration camp, in what was known as the "little camp", which was separated from the rest of the camp by barbed wire. Buchenwald was a labor camp, and as a result a child's chances of survival depended greatly on their age. The older they were, the better, because that meant that they were fit to do work. Oftentimes, children lied about their ages to make them older, so that rather than being sent to Auschwitz or Bergen-Belsen to be killed, they could work in the camp. Children were at high risk for being killed at Buchenwald, because if they were too weak or young, this meant that they were unfit for labor, and therefore had no use. The creation of the children's barrack, Block 66, served to protect these children from the Nazi agenda.