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1985 Movie France War, History, Documentary 293 min FSK 0
By: Claude Lanzmann With: Czeslaw Borowi, Itzhak Dugin, Simon Srebnik, Raul Hilberg, Franz Suchomel

Claude Lanzmann directed this 9 1/2 hour documentary of the Holocaust without using a single frame of archive footage. He interviews survivors, witnesses, and ex-Nazis (whom he had to film secretly since they only agreed to be interviewed by audio). His style of interviewing by asking for the most minute details is effective at adding up these details to give a horrifying portrait of the events of Nazi genocide. He also shows, or rather lets some of his subjects themselves show, that the anti-Semitism that caused 6 million Jews to die in the Holocaust is still alive and well in many people who still live in Germany, Poland, and elsewhere.

Filmium rating
87%

Mood

Reflective
Serious
Thoughtful

Cast & Crew

Claude Lanzmann
Ruth Elias
Jan Piwonski
Jan Karski
Pan Falborski
Mrs. Apfelbaum
Abraham Bomba
Joseph Oberhauser
Richard Glazar
Filip Müller
Francine Kaufmann
Armando Aaron
Moshe Mordo
Paula Biren
Motke Zaïdl
Franz Grassler
Simha Rotem
Gertude Schneider
Barbara Janicka
Alfred Spiess
Hanna Zaïdl
Helena Pietyra
Rudolf Vrba
Motke Zaidl
Franz Schalling
Walter Stier
Henrik Gawkowski
Simon Srebnik
Czeslaw Borowi
Michael Podchlebnik
Pan Filipowicz
Raul Hilberg
Martha Michelsohn
Charlotte Hirschhorn
Itzhak Dugin
Inge Deutschkron
Itzhak Zuckermann
Franz Suchomel
Claude Lanzmann (Director)
Marcel Ophüls (Critic)
Simone De Beauvoir (Critic)

Budget

Low-Budget

Cinematic Technique

Grainy Footage
Hidden Camera
Interview-Based

Narrative Structure

Interview-Driven
Non-Linear

Pace

Slow-Paced

Runtime

Long-Duration
Over Nine Hours

Soundtrack

Interview Soundtrack
Silent With Voice-Over

Style

Cinematic
Documentary
Realistic

Time-Period

1980S

Central Conflict

Bearing Witness
Documenting Holocaust Atrocities

Characters

Perpetrators
Ss Officers
Survivors
Witnesses

Ending

Ambiguous
Reflective

Historical Context

Holocaust
Nazi Germany
World War Ii

Key Plot Points

Jewish Resistance
Railway Transport Routes
Testimonies From Camps

Plot

Extermination Camps
Holocaust
Jewish Survivors

Setting

Auschwitz
Poland
Treblinka
Warsaw Ghetto

Shooting Location

Germany
Holocaust Sites
Poland

Theme

Holocaust Remembrance
Memory
Witnessing Evil

Genre

Documentary
Historical

Audiences

Adults
Educational
History Enthusiasts

Titles

Holocaust

Awards

Bafta
Idfa
Ny Critics Circle

Critical Reception

High Ratings
Masterpiece
Universal Acclaim

Popularity

Influential
Top-Rated

Ratings

9.2 Out Of 10
Critically Acclaimed

Reception

Award-Winning
Controversial
Critical Acclaim

Production Countries

France
Germany
Poland

Release Year

1985
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