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I saw this animated film at the Philadelphia Film Festival and I think it was the best of the shorts. While not a great film (due to the animation quality), the story is very moving and is based on treatment political prisoners received in the infamous Hoheneck Prison in East Germany during the communist era. Harrowing stories are being recounted by the voice actors as animations show how hellish life was like for the prisoners...as well as how some western companies ending up profiting from their maltreatment. Fortunately, this era is over...but the story is great lest we forget or minimize this vicious period in German history. Worth your time.