Claude LanzmannCast
Documentary; testimonies of survivors witnesses and perpetrators including Simon Srebnik Abraham Bomba Filip Müller and Raul Hilberg
Credits
Cinematography: Dominique Chapuis
Plot
Claude Lanzmann's roughly nine-and-a-half-hour documentary on the Holocaust uses no historical footage. Instead it is built on testimony from survivors, witnesses and perpetrators, along with contemporary footage of the sites, such as Treblinka, Auschwitz and Chełmno, and interviews with people such as Jan Karski and the historian Raul Hilberg. The 1985 film is regarded as one of the greatest documentaries ever made.
Sinekatalog’s take
Claude Lanzmann's nine-and-a-half-hour documentary on the Holocaust uses only testimony and present-day locations. Overwhelming and essential, it is a monument of memory and one of cinema's most important works.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.7 / 10 (11,780 votes)
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