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Verfügbar in Hell is one of the most astonishing, and probably the most humorous of texts ever to come out of the Nazi death camps. In October 1944, Germaine Tillion, ethnologist, deported to Ravensbrück a year before, began secretly to write an "operetta-revue." Her aim was to entertain her comrades, make them laugh by making fun of themselves and their living/survival conditions. By distancing their suffering through humor, she cast another light on the system crushing them and restored life to the one thing that could keep them going: hope. For the centenary of Tillion's birth in June 2007, the Théâtre du Châtelet premiered this vital and unusual work. Interweaving scenes from the production and the accounts of six deportee women resistance fighters, Tillion among them, Verfügbar in Hell describes how, in a camp where death was everywhere, prisoners resisted and survived through laughter, music and words.

France - 2008 - 1 h - DV Cam • 16/9 • PAL - Colour

Director David Unger Camera David Unger, Thomas Faverjon, David Nadjari Sound Sébastien Noiré Editing Guilhem Mahieu

Production Cinétévé, 4, quai des Célestins, 75004 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4804 9609 Fax : +33 (0)1 4804 7038 E-mail : cineteve@cineteve.fr Co-Production ARTE France

Sales Catherine Cahen Cinétévé, Catherine Cahen, 4, quai des Célestins, 75004 Paris, France Tél : +33 (0)1 4804 9609 Fax : +33 (0)1 4804 7038 E-mail : c.cahen@cineteve.fr