Original Film Title: The Boy With The Book Under His Arm
Director’s Name: Simone Menin
Writer’s Name: Paolo Scarpelli
Director of photography: Juri Fantigrossi
Producer: Simone Menin
Associated Producers: Wow Tapes, Juri Fantigrossi
Country of Origin: Italy
Country of Filming: Germany, Italy
Language: English, German, Italian
Runtime: 1 hour 13 minutes 59 seconds
Film Description:
Nildo Menin was only 19 when he was taken from his home country and put on a train, destination unknown. October 7, 1943. Nildo had recently reported for duty with the Carabinieri Force. That morning, he was summoned to the barracks for what turned out to be an ambush, He and his comrades were arrested and forced on a train by the SS. After a 14-day in extremely harsh conditions, the train stopped at a prison camp called Moosburg. Italian Military Internees, that is how the Nazis called them.
