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8.3/10 • 196

1985-04-219h 26m

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Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.

Directors
Claude Lanzmann
Editors
Ziva Postec

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  1. Claude Lanzmann

    Claude Lanzmann

    Self - Interviewer

  2. Simon Srebnik

    Simon Srebnik

    Self

  3. Michael Podchlebnik

    Michael Podchlebnik

    Self

  4. Motke Zaidl

    Motke Zaidl

    Self

  5. Jan Karski

    Jan Karski

    Self

  6. Paula Biren

    Paula Biren

    Self

  7. Abraham Bomba

    Abraham Bomba

    Self

  8. Inge Deutschkron

    Inge Deutschkron

    Self

  9. Ruth Elias

    Ruth Elias

    Self

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Andres Gomez

Apr 14, 2016

10/10

This is one of this movie that cannot leave anyone unmoved. I honestly can say that I didn't get to comprehend the extension and meaning of the Holocaust until I watched this 9h documentary. Probably, I still don't even get to be close to its understanding now but this has been clear to me after watching the movie. This is the kind of historic document with incalculable value to leave proof of what happened during WWII so nobody can really put it in question. I would even say that this movie should be passed in history class in high-schools all around the world. The work done is huge and, although I would say that, at some points, I don't understand why Lanzmann makes some kind of trivial questions, I reckon that the actual purpose is to make the viewer to understand all the aspects of the happenings: the extraordinary and the casual usual ones. A must to be seen, if you feel strong enough to face the terrible truth and fate of millions of people.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
$20,175.00
Keywords
holocaust (shoah)world war iihistory of mankindhistory and legacyhistorical documentary