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Learn Spanish with The Photographer Of Mauthausen · El fotógrafo de Mauthausen
A stretch for youC1CastilianRelaxed dialogueRelaxed: slower, easier to follow
CastilianFilm · 2018 · Drama · 1h 51m
Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of negatives, with the purpose of showing the freed world the atrocities committed by the Nazis, exhaustively documented. He will be a key witness during the Nuremberg Trials.
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This film adds 27 words to your vocabulary
Distinct words and expressions, to study before, during or after.
Words you’ll meet in this film
negativophotographic negative
noun (m)Essential
El fotógrafo guardó los negativos en una caja de metal.The photographer kept the negatives in a metal box.
presoprisoner / imprisoned
noun (m) / adjectiveEssential
Los presos trabajaban de sol a sol sin descanso.The prisoners worked from sunrise to sunset without rest.
campocamp (concentration camp in this context)
noun (m)Essential
Las condiciones en el campo eran inhumanas.The conditions in the camp were inhumane.
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kapokapo (prisoner appointed to supervise other prisoners in Nazi camps)
noun (m)Essential
Los kapos tenían privilegios que el resto de internos no podía ni imaginar.The kapos had privileges the rest of the inmates could not even imagine.
prisioneroprisoner (of war)
noun (m)Essential
El gobierno negoció la liberación de los prisioneros de guerra.The government negotiated the release of the prisoners of war.
revelarto develop (photographs)
verbEssential
Tardaron dos horas en revelar las fotos del carrete.It took them two hours to develop the photos from the roll.
escenografíaset design; staging; scenery (also used figuratively for orchestrated appearances)
noun (f)Essential
La escenografía del desfile estaba pensada para impresionar a los visitantes.The staging of the parade was designed to impress the visitors.
triángulotriangle (used here as the colored badge identifying prisoner categories in Nazi camps)
noun (m)
Cada triángulo de color indicaba la categoría a la que pertenecía el internado.Each colored triangle indicated the category to which the inmate belonged.
